Example of creating a simple web interface to allow testers to initiate some grunt commands.

app.js

"use strict";

var express = require('express'),
    flash = require('connect-flash'),
    path = require('path'),
    cons = require('consolidate'),
    grunt = require('grunt');

var app = express();

process.title = "test-data-admin";

app.engine('handlebars', cons.handlebars);

app.configure(function () {
    app.set('views', __dirname + '/lib/views');
    app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(express.cookieParser('sekret'));
    app.use(express.session({ cookie: { maxAge: 60000 }}));
    app.use(flash());
    app.configure('development', function () {
        app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'static')));
    });

});

app.configure('production', function () {
    // Do not run this in production under any circumstances right now, unless you manually override this on the server
    process.exit(1);
});


app.get('/test-data-admin', function (req, res) {
    res.render('index', {messages: req.flash('info')});
});

app.get('/test-data-admin/refresh_db', function (req, res) {
    grunt.tasks(["refresh_db", "load_default_users"], {}, function () {
        req.flash('info', 'DB refreshed and test users loaded.');
        res.redirect('/test-data-admin');
    });
});

app.get('/test-data-admin/email_verification/:emailAddress', function (req, res) {
    var emailAddress = req.params.emailAddress;
    grunt.tasks(["email_verification_web:" + emailAddress], {}, function () {
        res.send({error: false});
    });
});


app.get('/*', function (req, res) {
    res.render('index', {messages: req.flash('info')});
});

app.listen('8088');