public IActionResult Post([FromBody] OrderViewModel model) { //ad it to the db try { if (ModelState.IsValid) { var newOrder = _mapper.Map <OrderViewModel, Order>(model); if (newOrder.OrderDate == DateTime.MinValue) { newOrder.OrderDate = DateTime.Now; } _repository.AddEntity(newOrder); if (_repository.SaveAll()) { var vm = _mapper.Map <Order, OrderViewModel>(newOrder); return(Created($"api/orders/{vm.OrderId}", vm)); } } else { return(BadRequest(ModelState)); } } catch (Exception ex) { _logger.LogError($"Failed to save a order: {ex}"); } return(BadRequest("Failed to save new order")); }