actionhero/grunt/tasks/console.js

actionhero.js is a multi-transport API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks

var repl = require('repl');

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  
  grunt.registerTask('console', 'Get a REPL/console into your application', function(){
    var done = this.async();
    grunt.startActionhero(function(api, actionhero){

      // note this REPL will not run start commands, only the intilizers     
      var r = repl.start({
        prompt: '',
        useGlobal: false
      });
      
      r.on('exit', function(){
        done();
      });
      
      r.outputStream.write('*** STARTING ACTIONHERO REPL ***\r\n\r\n');
      
      r.prompt = '[ AH::' + api.env + ' ] >> ';
      
      for(var i in api.config.servers){
        api.config.servers[i].enabled = false;
      }

      api.config.tasks.scheduler = false;
      api.config.tasks.queues    = [];
      
      r.context.api = api;
      
      actionhero.start(function(){
        r.outputStream.write('\r\n\r\n');
        r.outputStream.write('*** REPL READY ***\r\n\r\n');
        r.outputStream.write(r.prompt);
      });
      
    }, true);
  });
  
};