public static async Task<BookModel> PopulateFullBookInfo(Book book)
{
if (book == null) return null;
using (var authorRepo = new AuthorRepository())
{
using (var categoryRepo = new BookCategoryRepository())
{
var model = new BookModel();
model.InjectFrom(book);
var author = await authorRepo.GetById(book.AuthorId);
var coAuthor = book.CoAuthorId != null && book.CoAuthorId > 0
? await authorRepo.GetById(Convert.ToInt32(book.CoAuthorId)) : null;
var category = await categoryRepo.GetById(book.BookCategoryId);
if (author != null)
model.AuthorName = string.Format("{0} {1}", author.FirstName, author.LastName);
if (coAuthor != null)
model.CoAuthorName = string.Format("{0} {1}", coAuthor.FirstName, coAuthor.LastName);
if (category != null)
model.CategoryText = category.Name;
return model;
}
}
}
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> SaveBook(BookModel bookModel)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var entity = new Book();
entity.InjectFrom(bookModel);
return Ok(await _repository.Save(entity));
}
var errors = ModelState.Values.SelectMany(x => x.Errors);
return BadRequest(Helper.GenerateModelStateError(errors));
}