Vainglory

// my Player Model:
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Player extends Model
{


    public static function getPlayers ($player_region, $player_name) {

        $api_url = 'https://api.dc01.gamelockerapp.com/shards/';
        $api_key = 'my-secret-key';
        $headers = array(
            'Accept: application/vnd.api+json',
            'X-TITLE-ID: semc-vainglory',
            'Authorization: ' . $api_key,
        );
        $options = array('http' => array(
        'method' => 'GET',
        'header' => implode("\r\n", $headers),
        ));

        global $api_url, $headers, $options;
        $prefix = 'players';
        $player_query = array(
            'region' => $player_region,
            'player_name' => $player_name,
            'filter' => 'filter[playerNames]=' . $player_name,
            );
        $player_request_uri = 'https://api.dc01.gamelockerapp.com/shards/' . $player_query['region'] . '/' . $prefix . '?' . $player_query['filter'];
        if ($player_return_obj = file_get_contents($player_request_uri, false, stream_context_create($options))) {
            $player_arr = json_decode($player_return_obj, true);
            return $player_arr;
        }
    }
}


// my Controller

    public function postPlayer(Request $request){

        $a = $request->playerRegion;

        $b = $request->playerName;

        $data = Player::getPlayers($a, $b);

    }


// my View

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Vainglory</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form action="{{route('postPlayer')}}" method="get">
        <input type="text" name="playerName" placeholder="Player Name">
        <input type="text" name="playerRegion" placeholder="Region">
        <input type="submit">
    </form>
</body>
</html>

// Route
Route::get('/', ['as' => 'displayPlayer', 'uses' => 'PlayerController@getPlayer']);
Route::get('/player', ['as' => 'postPlayer', 'uses' => 'PlayerController@postPlayer']);