// Create or Update
public override string PostAction(string parameters, System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection querystring, string postdata)
{
string data = string.Empty;
string bvin = FirstParameter(parameters);
ApiResponse <ProductReviewDTO> response = new ApiResponse <ProductReviewDTO>();
ProductReviewDTO postedItem = null;
try
{
postedItem = MerchantTribe.Web.Json.ObjectFromJson <ProductReviewDTO>(postdata);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
response.Errors.Add(new ApiError("EXCEPTION", ex.Message));
return(MerchantTribe.Web.Json.ObjectToJson(response));
}
ProductReview item = new ProductReview();
item.FromDto(postedItem);
if (bvin == string.Empty)
{
if (MTApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Create(item))
{
bvin = item.Bvin;
}
}
else
{
MTApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Update(item);
}
ProductReview resultItem = MTApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Find(bvin);
if (resultItem != null)
{
response.Content = resultItem.ToDto();
}
data = MerchantTribe.Web.Json.ObjectToJson(response);
return(data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows the REST API to create or update a product review
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parameters">
/// Parameters passed in the URL of the REST API call. If there is a first parameter found in the
/// URL, the method will assume it is the product review ID (bvin) and that this is an update, otherwise it assumes to
/// create a product review.
/// </param>
/// <param name="querystring">Name/value pairs from the REST API call querystring. This is not used in this method.</param>
/// <param name="postdata">Serialized (JSON) version of the ProductReviewDTO object</param>
/// <returns>ProductReviewDTO - Serialized (JSON) version of the product review</returns>
public override string PostAction(string parameters, NameValueCollection querystring, string postdata)
{
// an object used to return the response
var data = string.Empty;
// the ID of the product review to update
var bvin = FirstParameter(parameters);
// a response object used to send back the new/updated review
var response = new ApiResponse <ProductReviewDTO>();
// an object used to house the posted review for parsing
ProductReviewDTO postedItem = null;
try
{
// load the posted review object to the local REST API object
postedItem = Json.ObjectFromJson <ProductReviewDTO>(postdata);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// add an error to send back to the calling application
response.Errors.Add(new ApiError("EXCEPTION", ex.Message));
return(Json.ObjectToJson(response));
}
// create a new review object
var item = new ProductReview();
// convert the posted review object for parsing
item.FromDto(postedItem);
// if bvin is empty this is a new review
if (bvin == string.Empty)
{
// create the new review
if (HccApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Create(item))
{
// populate the local bvin object for use in querying for the update later
bvin = item.Bvin;
}
}
else
{
item.StoreId = HccApp.CurrentRequestContext.CurrentStore.Id;
// update the review in the data source
HccApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Update(item);
}
// find a fresh instance of the new/updated product review
var resultItem = HccApp.CatalogServices.ProductReviews.Find(bvin);
// add the review object to the response
if (resultItem != null)
{
response.Content = resultItem.ToDto();
}
// serialize the response for return
data = Json.ObjectToJson(response);
// send the response back to the calling application
return(data);
}
