Running the todays pick on a transformer

app/Http/Controllers/API/TodaysPick.php

@@ -19,11 +19,25 @@ class TodaysPick extends Controller
      */
     public function __invoke()
     {
-       return Article::with('topics', 'source')
-                        ->whereDate('published_date', Carbon::today())
-                        ->inRandomOrder()
-                        ->take(8)
-                        ->get()
-                        ->unique('source.name')->values()->toArray();
+        return Article::with('topics', 'source')
+            ->whereDate('published_date', Carbon::today())
+            ->inRandomOrder()
+            ->take(8)
+            ->get()
+            ->transform(function ($article) {
+                return [
+                    "id" => $article->id,
+                    "title" => $article->title,
+                    "url" => $article->url,
+                    "author" => $article->author,
+                    "featured_image" => $article->featured_image,
+                    "published_date" => $article->published_date,
+                    "meta" => $article->meta,
+                    "source" => $article->source
+                ];
+            })
+            ->unique('source.name')
+            ->values()
+            ->toArray();
     }
 }