spy30/app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Twitter;
use App\Tweet, App\Events\NewTweetEvent;

class DashboardController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('auth');
    }

    /**
     * Show the application dashboard.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        return view('dashboard', [
        ]);
    }

    public function queue() {
        Tweet::claimed_timeout();

        $tweets = Tweet::queued()->get();
        $queue = [];
        foreach($tweets as $tweet) {
            $queue[] = new NewTweetEvent($tweet);
        }

        return response()->json(['queue'=>$queue]);
    }

    public function claim_tweet(Request $request) {
        $tweet = Tweet::where('id', $request->input('tweet_id'))->first();
        if($tweet) {
            $tweet->claimed_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
            $tweet->save();
        }
        return response()->json(['result'=>'ok']);
    }
}