public async Task <IActionResult> Create(ReviewViewModel file) { file.Review.NoodleId = file.NoodleId; _context.Reviews.Add(file.Review); await _context.SaveChangesAsync(); return(RedirectToAction("Index", "Home")); }
/// <summary> /// method to retrieve current noodle data from api, updates server database /// </summary> /// <returns>view of current noodle list</returns> public async Task <IActionResult> ViewAllNoodles() { using (var client = new HttpClient()) { // add the appropriate properties on top of the client base address. client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://noodliciousapi.azurewebsites.net/"); //the .Result is important for us to extract the result of the response from the call var response = client.GetAsync("/api/noodle").Result; if (response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode().IsSuccessStatusCode) { var stringResult = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Noodle> >(stringResult); foreach (var item in obj) { Noodle alreadyExists = await _context.Noodles.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Name == item.Name); if (alreadyExists == null) { item.Id = null; _context.Noodles.Add(item); } else { if (alreadyExists.Name != item.Name) { item.Id = null; _context.Noodles.Add(item); } } } await _context.SaveChangesAsync(); return(View(obj)); } } return(View()); }