// Add object
public ColourBase AddColour(ColourAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that we can continue
if (newItem == null)
{
return(null);
}
else
{
// Add the new object, by mapping from the 'resource model' object
Colour addedItem = Mapper.Map <Colour>(newItem);
ds.Colours.Add(addedItem);
ds.SaveChanges();
// Return the now-fully-configured 'resource model' version of the object
return(Mapper.Map <ColourBase>(addedItem));
}
}
// Add object
public ColourBase AddColour(ColourAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that we can continue
if (newItem == null)
{
return null;
}
else
{
// Add the new object, by mapping from the 'resource model' object
Colour addedItem = Mapper.Map<Colour>(newItem);
ds.Colours.Add(addedItem);
ds.SaveChanges();
// Return the now-fully-configured 'resource model' version of the object
return Mapper.Map<ColourBase>(addedItem);
}
}
// POST: api/Colours
// Notice the IHttpActionResult return type and the FromBody attribute
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] ColourAdd 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 object
var addedItem = m.AddColour(newItem);
// Notice the ApiController convenience methods
if (addedItem == null)
{
// HTTP 400
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
else
{
// HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body
// Notice how to create the URI for the Location header
var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.Id });
return(Created <ColourBase>(uri, addedItem));
}
}
else
{
// HTTP 400
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
}
