HomeController.cs

        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SendMessage(MessageView msgView)
        {
            // Send a push notification to Slack
            _runtime.Chirpy.Chirp("Message [{0}] received by {1}, dispatching to workers", 
                msgView.Edit.Text, _runtime.ComponentId);

            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                Session session = await GetSessionAsync();

                msgView.Edit.SessionId = session.Id;
                msgView.Edit.Status = string.Format("Message received by {0} at {1}",  
                    _runtime.ComponentId, DateTime.Now.ToString("t"));

                await _messageRepo.AddMessageAsync(msgView.Edit);

                _runtime.Send(msgView.Edit, _runtime.GetNest("work"), 
                    typeof(Message));

                _runtime.Chirpy.Chirp("Message was sent at {0}", DateTime.Now.ToString("t"));
            }

            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }