/**
* Get the random beer for the day. If there isn't one that is the first API request to the route for the day
* so randomly choose one and then store it. Alternatively could use cron jobs.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory|\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
*/
public function dailyBeer()
{
$daily = DailyBeer::with('beer')->where(\DB::raw('date(created_at)'), '=', [date('Y-m-d')])->first();
// the beer does not exist for the current day, so select a random one and store it as the daily beer pick
if (count($daily) == 0) {
$random = Beer::all()->random(1);
$daily = new DailyBeer();
$daily->beer_id = $random->id;
$daily->save();
}
$daily->beer->load('Brewery', 'Style');
return response(['status' => 'ok', 'message' => 'The beer of the day', 'beer' => $daily->beer]);
}
