Call laravel controller via command line

I am using Laravel 5.0 and I am triggering controllers using this code:

$ php artisan tinker
$ $controller = app()->make('App\Http\Controllers\MyController');
$ app()->call([$controller, 'myMethodName'], []);

the last [] in the app()->call() can hold arguments such as [user_id] => 10 etc'

Laravel 5.7

Using tinker

 // URL: http://xxx.test/calendar?filter[id]=1&anotherparam=2
 $cc = app()->make('App\Http\Controllers\CalendarController');
 app()->call([$cc, 'getCalendarV2'], ['filter[id]'=>1, 'anotherparam' => '2']);

There is no way so far (not sure if there will ever be). However you can create your own Artisan Command that can do that. Create a command CallRoute using this:

php artisan make:console CallRoute

For Laravel 5.3 or greater you need to use make:command instead:

php artisan make:command CallRoute

This will generate a command class in app/Console/Commands/CallRoute.php. The contents of that class should look like this:

<?php namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class CallRoute extends Command {

    protected $name = 'route:call';
    protected $description = 'Call route from CLI';

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function fire()
    {
        $request = Request::create($this->option('uri'), 'GET');
        $this->info(app()['Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel']->handle($request));
    }

    protected function getOptions()
    {
        return [
            ['uri', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The path of the route to be called', null],
        ];
    }

}

You then need to register the command by adding it to the $commands array in app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected $commands = [
    ...,
    'App\Console\Commands\CallRoute',
];

You can now call any route by using this command:

php artisan route:call --uri=/route/path/with/param

Mind you, this command will return a response as it would be sent to the browser, that means it includes the HTTP headers at the top of the output.

For Laravel 5.4: php artisan make:command CallRoute

Then in app/Console/Commands/CallRoute.php:

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class CallRoute extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'route:call {uri}';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'php artsian route:call /route';

    /**
     * Create a new command instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $request = Request::create($this->argument('uri'), 'GET');
        $this->info(app()->make(\Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class)->handle($request));
    }

}

Then in app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected $commands = [
    'App\Console\Commands\CallRoute'
];

Call like: php artisan route:call /path