/// <summary>
/// Searches for all products whose productName property contains the value specified in productName. If
/// a categoryId is specified, we will restrict the search to products within the specified category.
/// </summary>
public async Task <ProductSearchResultsVM> SearchForProducts(string categoryId, string productName)
{
List <Product> retrievedProducts = await _repository.SearchForProducts(categoryId, productName);
ProductSearchResultsVM results = CopyProductSearchResultsToViewModel(retrievedProducts);
return(results);
}
public async Task <ActionResult> SearchForProducts(ProductSearchRequestVM searchRequest)
{
ViewBag.Categories = await _productService.GetAllCategories();
//get our search results...
ProductSearchResultsVM searchResults = await _productService.SearchForProducts(searchRequest.CategoryId, searchRequest.ProductName);
ViewBag.SearchResults = searchResults;
return(View("Index"));
}
private ProductSearchResultsVM CopyProductSearchResultsToViewModel(List <Product> products)
{
ProductSearchResultsVM resultsVM = new ProductSearchResultsVM();
resultsVM.ProductResults = new List <ProductVM>();
foreach (Product p in products)
{
resultsVM.ProductResults.Add(CopyProductToViewModel(p));
}
return(resultsVM);
}
