// GET: api/Employees/5
public IHttpActionResult Get(int id)
{
// Get by identifier
var fetchedObject = m.Employees.GetById(id);
if (fetchedObject == null)
{
return(NotFound());
}
else
{
// Create an object to be returned
EmployeeLinked emp = new EmployeeLinked(Mapper.Map <EmployeeWithLink>(fetchedObject), Request.RequestUri.AbsolutePath);
// Tell the user what can be done with this item and collection
emp.Links[0].Method = "GET,DELETE";
emp.Links[1].Method = "GET,POST";
// TODO maybe refactor this, use the API explorer to discover
// (the same API explorer that's used in the HTTP OPTIONS handler
// Add another link to tell the user that they can set the supervisor value
Link supervisor = new Link()
{
Rel = "self",
Title = "Set the supervisor identifier",
Href = emp.Links[0].Href,
Method = "PUT",
ContentType = "application/json"
};
emp.Links.Add(supervisor);
// Return the results
return(Ok(emp));
}
}
// POST: api/Employees
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter)
if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI"));
}
// Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body
if (newItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to add the new item
var addedItem = m.Employees.AddNew(newItem);
if (addedItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
else
{
// HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body
// Build the URI to the new object
Uri uri = new Uri(Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.Id }));
// Create an object to be returned
EmployeeLinked emp = new EmployeeLinked(Mapper.Map <EmployeeWithLink>(addedItem), uri.AbsolutePath);
// Return the object
return(Created(uri, emp));
}
}
else
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
}