Todays Pick articles

app/Http/Controllers/TodaysPick.php

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Article;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use App\Http\Resources\ArticleResource;
+
+class TodaysPick extends Controller
+{    
+    /**
+     * __invoke
+     * 
+     *  Query the Articles published today and return 8 articles from unique sources
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __invoke()
+    {
+        return ArticleResource::collection(Article::with('topics', 'source')
+                        ->whereDate('published_date', Carbon::today())
+                        ->take(8)
+                        ->get()
+                        ->unique('source.name'));
+    }
+}

routes/api.php

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\ArticlesController;
 |
 */
 
+Route::get('today', \TodaysPick::class);
 Route::get('latest', \LatestArticles::class);
 Route::get('article/{article:id}', [ArticlesController::class, 'show']);