how to curl up into a fetal position and cry

ezpublish-sob.php

<?php // Why does syntax highlighting need this?

use eZ\Publish\Core\MVC\Symfony\Security\User as EzUser;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\UsernamePasswordToken;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;

$securityContext    = $container->get('security.context');
$router             = $container->get('router');
$requestStack       = $container->get('request_stack');

if ($requestStack->getCurrentRequest() === null) {

	// Log in as admin to subvert permissions from outside standard context.
	$user   = new EzUser($repository->getUserService()->loadUserByLogin('admin'), ['ROLE_USER']);
	$token  = new UsernamePasswordToken(
		$user,
		null,
		'main',
		$user->getRoles()
	);
	$securityContext->setToken($token);

	// Generate full URL, optionally with site-access, and use it to build a new request.
	$url        = $router->generate('ez_urlalias', ['locationId' => 2, 'siteaccess' => '<OPTIONAL SITEACCESS HERE>'], true);
	$request    = Request::create($url);

	// Start a new Session and assign it to our request.
	$session = new Session();
	$request->setSession($session);
	$requestStack->push($request);
}