// Add employee
public EmployeeBase EmployeeAdd(EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
// Attempt to add the object
var addedItem = ds.Employees.Add(Mapper.Map <Employee>(newItem));
ds.SaveChanges();
// Return the result, or null if there was an error
return((addedItem == null) ? null : Mapper.Map <EmployeeBase>(addedItem));
}
// Attention 17 - Add new
// POST: api/Employees
/// <summary>
/// Add a new employee object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="newItem">Fully-configured employee</param>
/// <returns>New employee object, with store-genereated identifier</returns>
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] EmployeeAdd 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.EmployeeAdd(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.EmployeeId });
// Create a hypermedia representation
// Attention 18 - This "add new" use case must use the second constructor
EmployeeLinked result = new EmployeeLinked
(Mapper.Map <EmployeeWithLink>(addedItem), addedItem.EmployeeId);
return(Created(uri, result));
}
