SpamController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Algorithmia;

class SpamController extends Controller
{
	
  // show form to write the sms message
  public function show_form()
  {
		return view('sms_spam_form');
  }

  // perform spam detection
  public function detect(Request $request){

    // valaidate the input
    $this->validate($request, [
			'message' => 'required|string|min:25',
		]);

	  //collect the message
	  $message = $request["message"];

    // Add client and call the API
	  $client = Algorithmia::client("YOUR-API-KEY");
	  $algo = $client->algo("Davis/spam_detection/0.2.0");
		
	  // perform prediction and save result
	  $result = $algo->pipe($message)->result;

		return view('sms_spam_result',compact(['message','result']));
	}

}