public IHttpActionResult CreateSighting([FromBody] Sighting sighting /*, [FromUri]string sighting*/)
        {
            //if (auth.ValidateToken(token) == null)
            //return Unauthorized();

            if (sighting == null)
            {
                return(BadRequest("Improperly formated sighting object"));
            }

            // Sighting sighting = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Sighting>(sighting);

            Sighting result = db.InsertSighting(sighting);

            if (result != null)
            {
                return(CreatedAtRoute("GetSighting", new { id = result.ID }, result));
            }

            return(BadRequest("Unknown error"));
        }
        public void LoadSightingsFromFileIntoDB(string file)
        {
            DBStorage db = new DBStorage();

            using (TextFieldParser parser = new TextFieldParser(file))
            {
                parser.TextFieldType = FieldType.Delimited;
                parser.SetDelimiters(",");
                parser.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes = true;

                parser.ReadLine(); //Skip the first line with the column titles

                for (int i = 0; i < 61600; i++)
                {
                    parser.ReadLine();
                }

                Sighting[] sightings  = new Sighting[200];
                int        index      = 0;
                bool       overrideID = false;

                while (!parser.EndOfData)
                {
                    string[] fields = parser.ReadFields();

                    int      id;                         // field 0
                    DateTime dateCreated;                // field 1
                    string   locationType = fields[7];   // field 7
                    int      zipcode;                    // field 8
                    string   streetAddress = fields[9];  // field 9
                    string   city          = fields[16]; // field 16
                    string   borough       = fields[23]; // field 23
                    float    latitude;                   // field 49
                    float    longitude;                  // field 50



                    if (int.TryParse(fields[0], out id))
                    {
                        overrideID = true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        overrideID = false;
                    }
                    if (!DateTime.TryParse(fields[1], out dateCreated))
                    {
                        dateCreated = DateTime.Now;
                    }
                    if (!int.TryParse(fields[8], out zipcode))
                    {
                        zipcode = -1;
                    }
                    if (!float.TryParse(fields[49], out latitude))
                    {
                        latitude = 0.0f;
                    }
                    if (!float.TryParse(fields[50], out longitude))
                    {
                        longitude = 0.0f;
                    }

                    sightings[index++] = new Sighting(id, dateCreated, locationType, zipcode, streetAddress, city, borough, latitude, longitude);

                    if (!overrideID)// if there was a problem reading this ID and it needs to be auto generated
                    {
                        index--;
                        db.InsertSighting(sightings[index]);
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (index == sightings.Length)
                    {
                        db.InsertSightings(sightings, true);
                        sightings = new Sighting[sightings.Length];
                        index     = 0;
                    }
                }
                db.InsertSightings(sightings, true);
            }
        }