public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] PersonCreateRequestModel requestModel)
{
// If we get this far we have a vaild model.
// If we then saved the person to the database we would get an id for the person and return it to the caller.
requestModel.PersonId = Guid.NewGuid();
return(Ok(requestModel.PersonId));
}
private async Task <WebApiResponse <Guid> > PostToService(PersonCreateRequestModel model)
{
var httpClient = GetHttpClient();
string requestEndpoint = "person"; // full request will be http://localhost:5802/api/person
HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(requestEndpoint, model);
WebApiResponse <Guid> wrappedResponse;
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var id = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync <Guid>();
wrappedResponse = new WebApiResponse <Guid>(id, response.StatusCode);
}
else
{
var errors = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
wrappedResponse = new WebApiResponse <Guid>(errors, response.StatusCode, true);
}
return(wrappedResponse);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program p = new Program();
var personModel = p.Get();
PersonCreateRequestModel goodModel = new PersonCreateRequestModel()
{
Firstname = "Alfred", Lastname = "Andrews"
};
PersonCreateRequestModel badModel = new PersonCreateRequestModel()
{
Firstname = "", Lastname = "Andrews"
};
var task = p.PostToService(goodModel);
WebApiResponse <Guid> goodResult = task.WaitAndUnwrapException();
p.ProcessResult(goodResult);
var task2 = p.PostToService(badModel);
WebApiResponse <Guid> badResult = task2.WaitAndUnwrapException();
p.ProcessResult(badResult);
}
