Allow overriding the php artisan nova:user command

[connecteev]

• Laravel Version: 10.x
• Nova Version: 4.x
• PHP Version: 8.1
• Database Driver & Version: MySQL 8
• Operating System and Version: Mac OS
• Browser type and version: Chrome

Description:

If you modify the users table with new fields (in my case, username), the command php artisan nova:user fails. THis is the current Command that ships with Nova:

<?php

namespace Laravel\Nova\Console;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Laravel\Nova\Nova;

class UserCommand extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'nova:user';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Create a new user';

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        Nova::createUser($this);

        $this->info('User created successfully.');
    }
}

One potential solution is to override this command by creating a file with the same name at app/Console/Commands/UserCommand.php:

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Laravel\Nova\Nova;

class UserCommand extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'nova:user';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Create a new user';

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $this->info('This is my custom command that overrides Nova/src/Console/UserCommand.php');
        $name = $this->ask('Name');
        $email = $this->ask('Email Address');
        $password = $this->ask('Password');
        $username = $this->ask("Username", null);
        $profile_image_url = "https://static.generated.photos/vue-static/home/feed/male.png";

        $user = \App\Models\User::factory()->create([
            'name' => $name,
            'email' => $email,
            'password' => Hash::make($password),
            'username' => $username,
            'profile_image_url' => $profile_image_url,
        ]);

        $this->info('User created successfully.');
    }
}

However, a more elegant solution would be to accept the additional fields (username for example) and hook into the Nova function Nova::createUser($this);

[crynobone]

You can add the following in App\Providers\NovaServiceProvider.

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Laravel\Nova\Nova;
use Laravel\Nova\Util;

Nova::createUserUsing(
    function (Command $command) {
        return [
            $command->ask('Name'),
            $command->ask('Email Address'),
            $command->secret('Password'),
            $command->ask('Username', null),
        ];
    },
    function ($name, $email, $password, $username) {
        $model = Util::userModel();

        return tap((new $model())->forceFill([
            'name' => $name,
            'email' => $email,
            'password' => Hash::make($password),
            'username' => $username,
            'profile_image_url' => 'https://static.generated.photos/vue-static/home/feed/male.png',
        ]))->save();
    }
);

[connecteev]

Thanks for the tip @crynobone