public async Task <ActionResult> CreateAuthorAsync([FromBody] AuthorForCreationDto author)
{
if (author == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntity = _mapper.Map <Author>(author);
await _libraryRepository.AddAuthorAsync(authorEntity);
if (!await _libraryRepository.SaveChangesAsync())
{
throw new Exception("Creating an author failed on save.");
// return StatusCode(500, "A problem happened with handling your request.");
}
var authorToReturn = _mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
var links = CreateLinksForAuthor(authorToReturn.Id, null);
var linkedResourceToReturn = authorToReturn.ShapeData(null) as IDictionary <string, object>;
linkedResourceToReturn.Add("links", links);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor", new { authorId = linkedResourceToReturn["Id"] }, linkedResourceToReturn));
}
public async Task <ActionResult <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> > > CreateAuthorCollectionAsync(
[FromBody] IEnumerable <AuthorForCreationDto> authorCollection)
{
if (authorCollection == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntities = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <Author> >(authorCollection);
foreach (var author in authorEntities)
{
await _libraryRepository.AddAuthorAsync(author);
}
if (!await _libraryRepository.SaveChangesAsync())
{
throw new Exception("Creating an author collection failed on save.");
}
var authorCollectionToReturn = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorEntities);
var idsAsString = string.Join(",", authorCollectionToReturn.Select(a => a.Id));
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthorCollection", new { authorIds = idsAsString }, authorCollectionToReturn));
}
public async Task <IActionResult> CreateAuthor([FromBody] AuthorForCreationDto author)
{
if (author == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Error"));
}
var authorEntity = AutoMapper.Mapper.Map <Author>(author);
_libraryRepository.AddAuthorAsync(authorEntity);
if (!(await _libraryRepository.SaveAsync()))
{
throw new Exception("Creating an author failed on save.");
// return StatusCode(500, "A problem happened with handling your request.");
}
var authorToReturn = AutoMapper.Mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor",
new { id = authorToReturn.Id },
authorToReturn));
}