How to State CLI commands in Magento 2 Module

In this article, we will show you how to state CLI commands in Magento 2 Module by the following steps:

Step 1: State CLI commands in di.xml

Step 2: Form command class in your custom module

Step 3:  you will get the result

Magento 2 offers a new solution to run the commands which take a lot of Server’s resource (RAM or CPU). It’s using CLI commands. The below mention reindex command which runs in the console.

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

Sometime you want to use CLI commands in your module. How can we state these commands in a custom module of Magento 2? It’s simple; please follow the simple steps below.

Step 1: State CLI commands in di.xml

• State CLI commands in di.xml

/app/code/[NameSpace]/[ModuleName]/etc/di.xml

<type name="Magento\Framework\Console\CommandList">

<arguments>

     <argument name="commands" xsi:type="array">

         <item name="active_users" xsi:type="object">[NameSpace]\[ModuleName]\Console\Command\ActiveUsersCommand</item>

     </argument>

</arguments>

</type>

• For example, I state the active_users command in di.xml

Step 2: Form command class in your custom module

• Form a command class in your custom module

/app/code/[NameSpace]/[ModuleName]/Console/Command/ActiveUsersCommand

<?php

namespace [NameSpace]\[ModuleName]\Console\Command;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;

use Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

class ActiveUsersCommand extends Command

{

    

/**

* {@inheritdoc}

*/

protected function configure()

{

     $this->setName([modulename]:active_users')

         ->setDescription('Activate all users');

     parent::configure();

}

    

public function activateUsers()

{

         /* do something here */

}

    

/**

* {@inheritdoc}

*/

protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

{

     try {

         $startTime = microtime(true);

         $this->activateUsers();

         $resultTime = microtime(true) - $startTime;

         $output->writeln(

            'All users have been activated successfully in ' . gmdate('H:i:s', $resultTime)

         );

     } catch (LocalizedException $e) {

         $output->writeln($e->getMessage());

     } catch (\Exception $e) {

         $output->writeln($e->getMessage());

     }

}    

}

• Try to run CLI command in console

<span style="font-weight: 400;">php bin/magento list</span>

Step 3:  you will get the result

• You will get the below  :

...

[modulename]

    [modulename]:active_users                                    Activate all users

<span style="font-weight: 400;">php bin/magento [modulename]:active_users</span>

• You will get the below :

All users have been activated successfully in 00:00:00

And the steps mentioned above explains how you Declare CLI Commands in Magento 2 Module. Replicate these steps to include as several options as required in the Magento 2 Module.