Author IAuthorService.Create(Author author, string password)
{
// validation
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
{
throw new AppException("Password is required");
}
if (_context.Authors.Any(x => x.Username == author.Username))
{
throw new AppException("Username '" + author.Username + "' is already taken");
}
byte[] passwordHash, passwordSalt;
CreatePasswordHash(password, out passwordHash, out passwordSalt);
author.PasswordHash = passwordHash;
author.PasswordSalt = passwordSalt;
_context.Authors.Add(author);
_context.SaveChanges();
return(author);
}
