Invoke rake task with arguments from another task

Question

I would like to be able to pass arguments for a task that I have to call from another task

Invoking without arguments works for me like this:

Rake::Task["mytask1"].invoke

However with arguments like this it does not:

Rake::Task["mytask1[1,v18_0,20141230]"].invoke

Thanks

score 58 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:15

58

you can try

Rake::Task[:my_task].invoke(1,'v18_0',20141230)

or you can do

Rake.application.invoke_task("my_task[1, 'v18_0', 20141230]")

answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:15

Rajarshi Das

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Note you have to call `.reenable` to run the same task twice. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22639194/invoking-the-same-rake-task-twice-in-rspec – max pleaner Mar 03 '17 at 23:17

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:16

You can pass in parameters through invoke

namespace :tester do
  desc "test"
  task :test, [:amount] => :environment do |task, args|
    puts "Your amount is #{args.amount}"
  end

  task :test_task do
    Rake::Task["tester:test"].invoke(100)
  end  
end

rake tester:test_task
Your amount is 100

Invoke rake task with arguments from another task

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