public ContentResult AddPost(Post post)
{
string json; //variable for passing successful or unsuccessful json data
ModelState.Clear(); //remove items from the model state dictionary
// if the current post is valid
if (TryValidateModel(post))
{
post.PostedOn = DateTime.Now; // assign the new post a posted on date based on current time
var id = blogRepository.AddPost(post); // get id from newly added post and attempt to save data
// if id equals the new id, post was successful
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = id,
success = true,
message = "Post added succesfully."
});
}
//else if id is 0, post was not successful
else
{
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = 0,
success = false,
message = "Failed to add the post."
});
}
return Content(json, "application/json"); //return the json data to show user if post was successful or not
}
// returns the Id of the added post
public int AddPost(Post post)
{
context.Posts.Add(post); //add the post to queue
if (post.Tags != null)
{
foreach (Tag tag in post.Tags)
{
PostTagMap postTag = new PostTagMap();
postTag.Post_id = post.PostId;
postTag.Tag_id = tag.TagId;
context.PostTagMaps.Add(postTag);
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
context.SaveChanges(); // save changes in queue
return post.PostId;
}
//html helper method that takes a Post object and turns it into a link with a css id using the posts title
public static MvcHtmlString PostLink(this HtmlHelper helper, Post post)
{
return helper.ActionLink(post.Title, "Post", "Blog", new { title = post.UrlSlug }, new { title = post.Title, id = "post-link" });
}
// method that saves the edited changes in a post
public void EditPost(Post post)
{
post.Modified = DateTime.Now; // updates modified datetime
context.Posts.Attach(post); // adds post to queue.
context.Entry(post).State = EntityState.Modified; //makes post's state set to modified
context.SaveChanges(); // saves changes in queue
}
public ContentResult EditPost(Post post)
{
string json; //variable for passing successful or unsuccessful json data
ModelState.Clear(); //remove items from the model state dictionary
// if the current post is valid
if (TryValidateModel(post))
{
blogRepository.EditPost(post); // get id from newly edited post and attempt to save data
// if id = edited post id, change was successful
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = post.PostId,
success = true,
message = "Changes saved successfully."
});
}
//else if id = 0, changes failed.
else
{
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = 0,
success = false,
message = "Failed to save the changes."
});
}
return Content(json, "application/json"); //return the json data to show user if editing the post was successful or not
}