// POST: api/Customers
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] CustomerAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter)
if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI"));
}
// Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body
if (newItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
// Attempt to add the new object
var addedItem = m.CustomerAdd(newItem);
// Continue?
if (addedItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
// HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body
// Notice how to create the URI for the Location header
var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.CustomerId });
return(Created(uri, addedItem));
}
// Attention 27 - Customer add one
public CustomerBase CustomerAdd(CustomerAdd newItem)
{
// Attention 28 - To add a customer, we MUST have an Employee identifier
// We must validate that employee first by attempting to fetch it
// If successful, then we can continue
// Attempt to find the associated object
var a = ds.Employees.Find(newItem.SupportRepId);
if (a == null)
{
return(null);
}
else
{
// Attempt to add the object
var addedItem = ds.Customers.Add(Mapper.Map <Customer>(newItem));
// Set the associated item property
addedItem.Employee = a;
ds.SaveChanges();
// Return the result, or null if there was an error
return((addedItem == null) ? null : Mapper.Map <CustomerBase>(addedItem));
}
}