public IHttpActionResult PutBlogPost(string slug, dynamic blogPost)
{
if (ctx.blogPost.Where(x => x.slug == slug).SingleOrDefault() == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Post doesn't exists"));
}
blogPostVM model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <blogPostVM>(blogPost.blogPost.ToString());
BlogPost singlePost = ctx.blogPost.Where(x => x.slug == slug).FirstOrDefault();
singlePost.slug = String.IsNullOrEmpty(model.title) ? singlePost.slug : helperClasses.createSlug(model.title);
singlePost.title = String.IsNullOrEmpty(model.title) ? singlePost.title : model.title;
singlePost.body = String.IsNullOrEmpty(model.body) ? singlePost.body : model.body;
singlePost.description = String.IsNullOrEmpty(model.description) ? singlePost.description : model.description;
singlePost.updatedAt = DateTime.Now;
ctx.SaveChanges();
return(Ok(viewPosts(singlePost.slug)));
}
public IHttpActionResult PostNewPost(dynamic blogPost)
{
// deserializing json object into a view model
blogPostVM model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <blogPostVM>(blogPost.blogPost.ToString());
//function in "blogPostVM" class that checks if everthing is ok
if (model.CheckRequired())
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid data"));
}
//helperClass is a static class that contains functions that will manuiplate with data and return things we need
string newSlug = helperClasses.createSlug(model.title);
if (ctx.blogPost.Where(x => x.slug == newSlug).SingleOrDefault() != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Post already exists"));
}
//creating a new list of tags
List <Tags> tagList = new List <Tags>();
//adding tags to "Tags" table (if they don't already exist)
foreach (string s in blogPost.blogPost.tagList)
{
Tags tagFromDb = ctx.tag.Where(x => x.tagName == s).SingleOrDefault();
if (tagFromDb == null)
{
Tags tag = new Tags();
tag.slug = helperClasses.createSlug(s);
tag.tagName = s;
tag.createdAt = DateTime.Now;
tag.updatedAt = DateTime.Now;
ctx.tag.Add(tag);
ctx.SaveChanges();
tagList.Add(tag);
}
else
{
tagList.Add(tagFromDb);
}
}
//creating new post
BlogPost newPost = new BlogPost();
newPost.slug = helperClasses.createSlug(model.title);
newPost.title = model.title;
newPost.description = model.description;
newPost.body = model.body;
newPost.createdAt = DateTime.Now;
newPost.updatedAt = DateTime.Now;
ctx.blogPost.Add(newPost);
ctx.SaveChanges();
//joining tags to post in "BlogPostTags" table (many to many relationship with composite primary key)
foreach (Tags tag in tagList)
{
BlogPostTags blogPostTag = new BlogPostTags();
blogPostTag.PostId = newPost.Id;
blogPostTag.TagId = tag.Id;
blogPostTag.createdAt = DateTime.Now;
blogPostTag.updatedAt = DateTime.Now;
ctx.blogPostTag.Add(blogPostTag);
}
ctx.SaveChanges();
return(Ok(viewPosts(newPost.slug)));
}
