public ActionResult LoadProductPage()
{
/*viewbag does not pass data from controller to view
* tempdata store the values in session state so that it can
* be used again...viewbag and viewdata do not
*
*/
// ViewBag.Colors = Getsizes();
ProductVM productVM = new ViewModels.ProductVM();
productVM.Styles = GetStyles();
return(View("ProductEntry", productVM));
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Create([Bind("ID,Name,Description,Price,Shipping,ImageUpload,Category")] ViewModels.ProductVM product)
{
// validate image upload
if (product.ImageUpload == null || product.ImageUpload.Length == 0)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("ImageUpload", "This field is required");
}
else if (!validImageTypes.Contains(product.ImageUpload.ContentType))
{
ModelState.AddModelError("ImageUpload", "Please choose either a GIF, JPG or PNG image.");
}
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Copy ViewModel info to Model
var newProduct = new Product()
{
ID = product.ID,
Name = product.Name,
Description = product.Description,
Price = product.Price,
Shipping = product.Shipping,
Category = product.Category
};
// Save image to disk and store filepath in model
if (product.ImageUpload != null && product.ImageUpload.Length != 0)
{
var imageDir = "/images";
var imagePath = Path.Combine(_env.WebRootPath, "images", product.ImageUpload.FileName);
//var imageUrl = Path.Combine(imageDir, product.ImageUpload.FileName);
var imageUrl = imageDir + "/" + product.ImageUpload.FileName;
product.ImageUpload.CopyTo(new FileStream(imagePath, FileMode.Create));
newProduct.ImageURL = imageUrl;
}
_context.Add(newProduct);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(RedirectToAction("Index"));
}
return(View(product));
}
