How to retrieve or authorize a User object from a Laravel Bearer API token

UserFromBearerToken.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App;
use \Laravel\Passport\PassportUserProvider;
use \League\OAuth2\Server\ResourceServer;
use \Laravel\Passport\TokenRepository;
use \Laravel\Passport\Guards\TokenGuard;
use \Laravel\Passport\ClientRepository;
use \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use \Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PassportUserVerifyController {

  static function getUser($bearerToken) {
    $result_user = null;
    $tokenguard = new TokenGuard(
      App::make(ResourceServer::class), 
      new PassportUserProvider(Auth::createUserProvider('users'), 'users'), 
      App::make(TokenRepository::class), 
      App::make(ClientRepository::class), 
      App::make('encrypter')
    );
    $request = Request::create('/');
    $request->headers->set('Authorization', $bearerToken);
    return $tokenguard->user($request);
  }
  
  static function authorizeUser($bearerToken) {
    $request = request();
    $request->headers->set('Authorization', $bearerToken);
    Auth::setRequest($request);
  
    return Auth::user();
  }
  
}