How do I run Ruby tasks that use my Rails models?

Question

I have a Rails app with some basic models. The website displays data retrieved from other sources. So I need to write a Ruby script that creates new instances in my database. I

Answer 1

Easiest way to run ruby tasks that interact with rails app/models is to make Rails generate Rake tasks for you!! :)

Here's an example

1. run rails g task my_namespace my_task

2. This will generate a file called lib/tasks/my_namespace.rake which looks like:

namespace :my_namespace do
desc "TODO: Describe your task here"
  task :my_task1 => :environment do
    #write any ruby code here and also work with your models
    puts User.find(1).name
  end
end

3. Run this task with rake my_namespace:my_task

4. Watch your ruby code task that interacts with rails modal run!