public async Task <IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,Name,Address,PostalCode,Email,CellPhone")] DogBreeder dogBreeder)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
_context.Add(dogBreeder);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
return(View(dogBreeder));
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,NameOfPhoto,Date,Local,DogFK")] Photos photos, IFormFile photoOfDog)
{
/*
* Algorithm to deal with file of photos of dogs
* - if there is no file,
* - do not accept the record
* - write it to user, at browser
* - if the file was not good (.png ,.jpg are good files)
* - do not accept the record
* - write it to user, at browser
* - if you came to here, is because the file is good
* - decide the name of file
* - assign the file name to data colected by the form
* - write the file on the disc drive
*/
if (photoOfDog == null)
{
// if you came to here, there is no file
// write a error message
ModelState.AddModelError("", "you haven't choose a file. Please, pick one...");
// send the control to Browser
ViewData["Dogs"] = new SelectList(_db.Dogs.OrderBy(d => d.Name), "Id", "Name");
return(View());
}
if (photoOfDog.ContentType != "image/jpeg" && photoOfDog.ContentType != "image/png")
{
// if you came to here, there is a file
// but, the file is not good
// write a error message
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Your file is not of correct type. Please, choose PNG or JPG image...");
// send the control to Browser
ViewData["Dogs"] = new SelectList(_db.Dogs.OrderBy(d => d.Name), "Id", "Name");
return(View());
}
// if you came to here, you have a good file...
//Decide the name of your file
Guid g;
g = Guid.NewGuid();
// determining the extension of file
string extension = Path.GetExtension(photoOfDog.FileName).ToLower();
// new name of file
string nameOfFile = photos.DogFK + "_" + g.ToString() + extension;
// assign new file name to 'photos'
photos.NameOfPhoto = nameOfFile;
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
_db.Add(photos);
await _db.SaveChangesAsync();
// because all data was stored on DB,
// we are going to store de file on the disc drive of server
// Where you want the file to be stored?
string whereToStoreTheFile = _path.WebRootPath;
nameOfFile = Path.Combine(whereToStoreTheFile, "fotos", nameOfFile);
// write the file
using var stream = new FileStream(nameOfFile, FileMode.Create);
await photoOfDog.CopyToAsync(stream);
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
ViewData["DogFK"] = new SelectList(_db.Dogs, "Id", "Id", photos.DogFK);
return(View(photos));
}