public IEnumerable <Author> GetAuthors(AuthorResourseParameter authorResourseParameter)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameter.MainCategory) &&
string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameter.SearchQuery))
{
return(GetAuthors());
}
var collections = _context.Authors as IQueryable <Author>;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameter.MainCategory))
{
var mainCategory = authorResourseParameter.MainCategory.Trim();
collections = collections.Where(a => a.MainCategory == mainCategory);
}
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameter.SearchQuery))
{
var searchQuery = authorResourseParameter.MainCategory.Trim();
return(collections.Where(a => a.MainCategory.Contains(searchQuery) ||
a.FirstName.Contains(searchQuery) ||
a.LastName.Contains(searchQuery)
));
}
return(collections.ToList());
}
public ActionResult <IEnumerable <authorDto> > GetAuthors(
[FromQuery] AuthorResourseParameter authorResourseParameter)
{
//throw new Exception("Test exception");
var authorsFromRepo = _courseLibraryRepository.GetAuthors(authorResourseParameter);
//var authors = new List<authorDto>();
//foreach (var author in authorsFromRepo)
//{
// authors.Add(new authorDto()
// {
// Id = author.Id,
// FirstName = $"{author.FirstName}{author.LastName}",
// MainCategory = author.MainCategory,
// Age = author.DateOfBirth.GetCurrentAge()
// });
//AutoMapper replaces above code:
return(Ok(_mapper.Map <IEnumerable <authorDto> >(authorsFromRepo)));
}
