To use a Rails 3 helper in the console
If this is your helper:
module ItemsHelper def custom_item_display(item) item.to_s end end
And you have a route that looks like this:
resources :itemsOn the console, you would do this:
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :001 > item = "hello world" ruby-1.9.2-p136 :002 > helper.extend ItemsHelper ruby-1.9.2-p136 :003 > helper.custom_item_display(item) => "hello world" ruby-1.9.2-p136 :004 > include ActionController::UrlWriter => Object ruby-1.9.2-p136 :005 > items_path => "/items"
In the rake task you do this:
namespace :example do desc "Do example items" task :items => :environment do item = "Hello World" include ItemsHelper puts "ItemsHelper.custom_item_display(item) = #{custom_item_display(item)}" include ActionController::UrlWriter puts "items_path = #{items_path}" end end
Hope that helps.