Laravel how to call Console command from a Database Seeder

Question

I am writing some seeders for my Laravel instance's database. I'm using the Laravel Scout TNTSearch driver.

php artisan tntsearch:import App\\MyModel

I want to call this command from my seeder. I've looked at the implementation, and it is complicated enough that I don't want to refactor, wait for a merged pull request, or copy-and-paste the implementation into my files.

Inside the seeder I tried:

$this->call('tntsearch:import', ['model' => App\User::class]);

But $this refers to the seeder, and the call method is expecting another seeder, not a console command.

I want to call the artisan command from inside my seeder. Is this possible?

UPDATE

I ended up doing this inside the seeder:

exec('php artisan tntsearch:import App\\User');

This works but feels dirty. Is there another easy way without using exec()?

Alexey Mezenin · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-14 16:36:55Z

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You can use Artisan facade:

\Artisan::call('tntsearch:import', ['model' => App\User::class]);

answered Mar 14, 2017 at 16:36

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bilogic Over a year ago

Anyway to make this command produce output? Some import/seeding can take some time. Thank you.

Pathros Over a year ago

If the called artisan command asks for (yes/no) answers in several questions, how do I specify them? Otherwise, the seeder simply never ends, since there's no output

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