Is there a Phoenix equivalent to Rails Console
Solution 1
You can run iex -S mix
to run iex
with the dependencies in your current mix project included.. You can read about this at http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.html
From there you can execute Ecto queries:
iex> MyApp.Repo.all(MyApp.User)
Running iex -S mix phx.server
will also start the phoenix server.
Solution 2
For runtime debug, (like byebug
or debugger
or pry
in rails), use
require IEx
at the top of your model or controller or views file, then type
IEx.pry
to wherever you need it to halt at runtime and continue debugging.
Type h
for help inside the console
Most importantly, after all that, restart your server with:
iex -S mix phoenix.server
More info: here
Solution 3
If you're working in development, use iex -S mix phx.server
.
If you need into the console of a deployed release, then go to your release directory and run bin/<name of your app> remote_console
to open up a remote shell to your app's console.
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Updated on July 08, 2022Comments
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Chase almost 2 years
I'm just learning Phoenix and Elixir and I'm coming from Ruby/Rails where I work in the REPL using
pry
to inspect my database and application state.I'm trying to figure out how to interact with my database and models in a Phoenix app. I'm aware of
iex
, but I don't know how to use it inspect my app's database from the repl. Do I need to connect to it with ecto each time from the repl? Is there arails console
equivalent. I've checked the Phoenix docs, Elixir Dose, and the Ecto repo, but can't find what I'm looking for. Am I missing something?Edit: Based on the answer below I found this section of the ecto docs. Based on this I can do something like
ArticlesApi.Repo.all ArticlesApi.Article