Can I somehow execute my db/seeds.rb file from my rails app?

Question

I am building a demo, and I want to make it very easy for a non-technical person to set up and run the demo. I have built a seeds.rb file with lots of demo data in it. I w

Answer 1

I prefer the classic method:

bundle exec rails db:seed

But I guess, that you can also call Rails.application.load_seed as mentioned.

Answer 2

You can call Rails.application.load_seed. That's all rake db:seed does.