public ExpandoObject AddLinksToCollection(IEnumerable <IDictionary <string, object> > collection, string resourceName, object value)
{
var linkedCollection = new ExpandoObject();
var links = _hateoasHelper.CreateLinksForChildResources(resourceName, value);
((IDictionary <string, object>)linkedCollection).Add("records", collection);
((IDictionary <string, object>)linkedCollection).Add("links", links);
return(linkedCollection);
}
public async Task <IActionResult> GetAlbumsWithHateoas([FromRoute] Guid artistId, [FromQuery] string fields)
{
if (!_typeHelperService.TypeHasProperties <AlbumDto>(fields))
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var albumEntities = await _albumRepository.GetAlbumsForArtistAsync(artistId);
var albums = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AlbumDto> >(albumEntities);
var shapedAlbums = albums.Select(album =>
{
return(_controllerHelper.ShapeAndAddLinkToObject(album, "Album", fields));
});
var resourceLinks = _hateoasHelper.CreateLinksForChildResources("Album", new { artistId });
var linkedResourceCollection = new ExpandoObject();
((IDictionary <string, object>)linkedResourceCollection).Add("records", shapedAlbums);
((IDictionary <string, object>)linkedResourceCollection).Add("links", resourceLinks);
return(Ok(linkedResourceCollection));
}