public ActionResult <IEnumerable <AuhtorDTO> > GetAuthors([FromQuery] AuhtorResourceParameters auhtorResourceParameters)
{
try
{
var GetAllAuthors = _courseLibrary.GetAuthors(auhtorResourceParameters);
//checking if there is a previous link, if there is calle dthe method, if not set to null
var previousPageLink = GetAllAuthors.HasPrevious ? CreateAuthorsResourceUris(auhtorResourceParameters, ResourceUriType.PreviousPage) : null;
var nextPageLink = GetAllAuthors.HasNext ? CreateAuthorsResourceUris(auhtorResourceParameters, ResourceUriType.NextPage) : null;
//then we create the MetaData we want to return to the user for guide
var paginationMetaData = new
{
totalCount = GetAllAuthors.Totalcount,
pageSize = GetAllAuthors.PageSize,
currentPage = GetAllAuthors.CurrentPage,
previousPageLink,
nextPageLink
};
//Adding to the header
Response.Headers.Add("X-Pagination", JsonSerializer.Serialize(paginationMetaData));
//using Automapper for cleaner code instead of select Query,(seee below)
//the return type first(destination), then the source
var auhtors = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuhtorDTO> >(GetAllAuthors);
//var auhtors = GetAllAuthors
// .Select(a => new AuhtorDTO
// {
// ID = a.ID,
// Name =$"{a.FirstName} {a.LastName}",
// //An extention method written to grab the Authors age
// Age = DateTimeOffSetExtensions.GetCurrentAge(a.DateOfBirth),
// MainCategory = a.MainCategory,
// Courses = a.Courses,
// });
// return body format for the Api with right statusCode
return(Ok(new JsonResponse <AuhtorDTO>()
{
Success = true,
Results = auhtors
}));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//log ex
var path = HttpContext.Request.Path;
var query = HttpContext.Request.QueryString;
var pathAndQuery = path + query;
var messg = _courseLibrary.LogErrorMessage(ex.Message, pathAndQuery);
return(Ok(new JsonResponse <string>()
{
Success = false,
ErrorMessage = "Sorry, something just went wrong while processing your request! Pls Try Again."
}));
//return StatusCode(500, messg);
}
// return Ok(GetAllAuthors);
}