An OptionController for Laravel that allows users to find single or multiple config values

OptionController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class OptionController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index($key)
    {
        // explode will always return an array
        $data = collect(explode(',', $key))
            ->map(function ($k) {
                return [
                    "{$k}" => config('hitsource.' . $k, null),
                ];
            })
            ->collapse()
            ->filter(function ($results) {
                return !empty($results);
            });

        if ($data->count() < 1) {
            return response()->json([
                'status' => 'Not Found',
                'message' => sprintf('Could not find options for %s', $key),
                'data' => $data,
            ], 404);
        }

        return response()->json([
            'status' => 'ok',
            'message' => sprintf('Successfully found options for %s', $key),
            'data' => $data,
        ], 200);
    }
}

Route as Route::get('/options/{key}', 'OptionController@index');.

Usage:

/options/array_of_values

Returns:

...
data: {
    array_of_values: {...}
}
...

Usage:

/options/array_of_values,another_array_of_values

Returns:

...
data: {
    array_of_values: {...},
    another_array_of_values: {...}
}
...