Execute laravel route from a Artisan console command

Question

how to execute a route request and get response from artisan console command class?

I have tried method suggested by others, which does not work as expected.

$request = Request::create('/', 'GET');
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$response =  $route->run($request);

[using laravel 5]

Answer 1

Try this

$router = new Illuminate\Routing\Router(new Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher);

$request = Illuminate\Http\Request::create('', 'GET');

$router->dispatch($request);

From your code above I think you're confusing a route and the router. A route just contains information about how a single URI should be handled. The router itself compiles all your routes and determines the correct route to dispatch the request to.