public HttpResponseMessage GetInventory([FromBody] ApiRequest request)
{
if (request == null)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Request was null"));
}
// check authentication
var auth = ControllerContext.Request.Headers.Authorization;
// simple demonstration of user rights checking.
if (auth.Scheme != "ABCD")
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Invalid Credentials"));
}
ApiResponse apiResponse = new ApiResponse();
// read data from a database
apiResponse.Records = DummyDataRetriever.ReadData(request.ProductId);
// convert the data into json
var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(apiResponse);
var resp = new HttpResponseMessage();
resp.Content = new StringContent(jsonData, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
return(resp);
}
public HttpResponseMessage GetInventory([FromBody] ApiRequest request)
{
if (request == null)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Request was null"));
}
// check authentication
var auth = ControllerContext.Request.Headers.Authorization;
// simple demonstration of user rights checking.
if (auth.Scheme != "ABCD")
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Invalid Credentials"));
}
ApiResponse apiResponse = new ApiResponse();
// read data from a database
apiResponse.Records = DummyDataRetriever.ReadData(request.ProductId);
var encoding = ControllerContext.Request.Headers.Accept.ToString();
if (encoding.IndexOf("json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1)
{
// convert the data into json
var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(apiResponse);
var resp = new HttpResponseMessage();
resp.Content = new StringContent(jsonData, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
return(resp);
}
else if (encoding.IndexOf("xml", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1)
{
// convert the data into xml
var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ApiResponse));
using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, apiResponse);
var resp = new HttpResponseMessage();
resp.Content = new StringContent(writer.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml");
return(resp);
}
}
else
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Only JSON and XML formats accepted"));
}
}
