[RequestHeaderMatchesMediaType("Content-type", new[] { "application/vnd.mike.author.full+json" })] //with versioning media types
public IActionResult CreateAuthor([FromBody] AuthorForCreationDto author)
{
if (author == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntity = author.ConvertToAuthorEntity();
_libraryRepository.AddAuthor(authorEntity);
if (!_libraryRepository.Save())
{
throw new Exception(); //with global exception handling, we can throw exception
//return StatusCode(500, "problem");
}
var authorToReturn = authorEntity.ConvertToAuthorDto();
var links = CreateLinksForAuthor(authorToReturn.Id, null);
//add links to post author, convert authordto to expandoobject
var linkedResourceToReturn = authorToReturn.ShapeData() as IDictionary <string, object>;
linkedResourceToReturn.Add("links", links);
//need a name on the get method call to use it here
//return CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor", new { id = authorToReturn.Id }, authorToReturn);
//with links
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor", new { id = linkedResourceToReturn["Id"] }, linkedResourceToReturn));
}
