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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create an open-source API that allows users to submit a contact form from a web page. To tackle the issue of spam, we will integrate ChatGPT's API to evaluate and filter out spam submissions. The project uses Node.js with Express for the server, and includes CORS configuration, request body parsing, and HTTP requests for spam detection. You'll be guided through setting up the project, configuring environment variables, implementing the spam check, handling form submissions, and testing the API. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a functional contact form API that effectively identifies and blocks spam, ensuring only legitimate messages are processed.

Good API user experience (UX) is essential for enabling development and product teams to achieve better outcomes.