I totally get the need for this, but this feels very hacky. I think ideally we want that ability to chain tasks to each other and that should be the direction, and not neccesarily introduce new hybrid solutions like this.

@liiight How do you mean chain tasks?

I sorta like this method. It doesn't really allow anything different than clearing then saving to an entry_list and using it somewhere else, but this way feels like it might be a bit easier. I've considered chaining tasks with something similar to run_task, but that passes entries along, but that doesn't help us in cases where we want to use the entries inside discover, or configure_series

@liiight How do you mean chain tasks?

I've tried putting something down only to get something almost similar to what you did, so NM :)

@liiight @paranoidi @cvium Any thoughts on the TODO checklist questions? I like this method, but want to get a little feedback on those points before merging it in.

@liiight @paranoidi Is from_task (ala from_deluge, from_transmission) a better name than subtask?

from_task is clearer for me

from_task is clearer for me

That's the way I'm leaning as well. I think it makes it more clear it's just an input. Especially if already familiar with from_deluge etc.

Wiki update: Flexget/wiki@e336ec4

Does the flexget.com search database need to be updated when adding new plugins? I searched for "from_task" in the search bar on flexget.com "https://flexget.com/_search?q=from_task" but it comes up empty. I guessed the url and it took me to the page, so I know it DOES exist. I think there may have been a handful of other plugins that don't come up in a search, too. But I cannot remember which ones...

Does the flexget.com search database need to be updated when adding new plugins? I searched for "from_task" in the search bar on flexget.com "https://flexget.com/_search?q=from_task" but it comes up empty. I guessed the url and it took me to the page, so I know it DOES exist. I think there may have been a handful of other plugins that don't come up in a search, too. But I cannot remember which ones...

Seems like maybe the search index update was getting bypassed when syncing from the github repo (or something.) I've added a weekly cronjob to re-index, hopefully that keeps things working better.