From 6950fdc01631bd89ec514bcaf3377b97346f7888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Parecki <aaron@parecki.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:57:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add artisan command to generate app key

---
 compass/app/Console/Commands/GenerateKey.php | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 compass/app/Console/Kernel.php               |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 compass/app/Console/Commands/GenerateKey.php

diff --git a/compass/app/Console/Commands/GenerateKey.php b/compass/app/Console/Commands/GenerateKey.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1978fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compass/app/Console/Commands/GenerateKey.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class GenerateKey extends Command {
+
+  protected $signature = 'key:generate';
+  protected $description = 'Generate a random key for APP_KEY';
+
+  public function handle() {
+    $key = bin2hex(random_bytes(16));
+    $this->line('Below is a random string you can use for APP_KEY in the .env file');
+    $this->info($key);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/compass/app/Console/Kernel.php b/compass/app/Console/Kernel.php
index 8d20019..b730daf 100644
--- a/compass/app/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/compass/app/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
     protected $commands = [
       'App\Console\Commands\TestTrip',
       'App\Console\Commands\CleanFile',
+      'App\Console\Commands\GenerateKey'
     ];
 
     /**