Console command to generate a valid session cookie for a authenticated user in a Laravel app

console.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Cookie;
use Illuminate\Cookie\CookieValuePrefix;

Artisan::command('user-cookie', function (): void {
    /** @var User */
    $user = User::where('email', 'user@laravel.com')->firstOrFail();

    /** @var \Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard */
    $guard = auth()->guard('web');

    $guard->getSession()->start();

    $guard->login($user);

    // persist this session so the id is valid
    $guard->getSession()->save();

    $name = $guard->getSession()->getName();

    $data = $guard->getSession()->getId();

    $config = config('session');

    $expires = now()->add('minutes', env('SESSION_LIFETIME'))->timestamp;

    /** @var \Illuminate\Encryption\Encrypter */
    $encrypter = $guard->getSession()->getEncrypter();

    // assumes that the cookies are encrypted
    $value = $encrypter->encrypt(
        CookieValuePrefix::create($name, $encrypter->getKey()) . $data,
        false // do not serialize
    );

    $cookie = new Cookie(
        $name, $value, $expires,
        $config['path'], $config['domain'], $config['secure'], false, false, $config['same_site'] ?? null
    );

    /**
     * @psalm-suppress InvalidScope
     */
    $this->comment(sprintf('%s', $cookie));
})->purpose('Display a valid cookie for a user');