//Returns the view that will produce a comment for a specific post
//Takes in 'id' as a reference to the post that the comment relates to
public ActionResult CreateComment(int Id)
{
CommentInputModel model = new CommentInputModel();
model.PostId = Id;
return View(model);
}
public ActionResult CreateComment(CommentInputModel model)
{
//Executes the following only when the data required for the comment is valid
if (model != null && this.ModelState.IsValid)
{
//Gets the current user and stores it as a variable
var currentUser = User.Identity.GetUserId();
//Assigns the values required to create a comment to their corresponding
//variables in comment class
var comment = new Comment()
{
content = model.Text,
postId = model.PostId,
userId = currentUser,
user = db.Users.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id.Equals(currentUser))
};
//Adds comment to database and saves the new state of the database
this.db.Comments.Add(comment);
this.db.SaveChanges();
//Notifies success and returns to Bloglist
this.AddNotification("Comment Created Successfully", NotificationType.SUCCESS);
return RedirectToAction("BlogList");
}
this.AddNotification("Oops, Comment was not created", NotificationType.ERROR);
return View(model);
}
