public HttpResponseMessage ForgotPassword(AppUserForgotPasswordRequest forgotPasswordRequest)
{
//where are we checking if it is null or valid?
if (forgotPasswordRequest == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "missing body data");
}
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState));
}
bool success = appUserService.ForgotPassword(forgotPasswordRequest);
if (success)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new SuccessResponse()));
}
else
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, new ErrorResponse("Unable to find that email address.")));
}
}
// this defines a public method named ForgotPassword that returns
// an instance of ForgotPasswordResult and takes one parameter of type
// ForgotPasswordRequest.
public bool ForgotPassword(AppUserForgotPasswordRequest req)
{
ForgotPasswordResult forgotPassword = new ForgotPasswordResult();
string ResetToken = null;
string FirstName = null;
dataProvider.ExecuteNonQuery(
"AppUser_Validate",
(parameters) =>
{
parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", req.Email);
parameters.Add("@FirstName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 20).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
parameters.Add("@ResetToken", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 50).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
},
// the stuff above goes to the database, after the database code is finsihed, gets the data or nulls.
(parameters) =>
//setting empty box to be filled when we get the data back from database.
{
FirstName = parameters["@FirstName"].Value as string;
ResetToken = parameters["@ResetToken"].Value as string;
});
if (ResetToken != null)
{
EmailSenderService.SendForgotPasswordEmail(FirstName, ResetToken, req.Email).Wait();
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
