public async Task <IActionResult> SearchCompanies([FromBody] JObject reqData)
{
try
{
//get ajax reqData properties
var servCat = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <int[]>(reqData["servCatIn"].ToString());
var serv = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <int[]>(reqData["servIn"].ToString());
int page = reqData["subseqPageIdxIn"].Value <int>();
string sortOption = reqData["sortOptionIn"].Value <string>();
//get results from DB based search input
var results2 = await _companyRepo.GetSearchResults(reqData["searchIn"].ToString(), servCat, serv);
//re-order results based on sort option
if (sortOption == "rating")
{
results2 = results2.OrderByDescending(b => b.OverallRating);
}
else if (sortOption == "nameAZ")
{
results2 = results2.OrderBy(b => b.CompanyName);
}
else if (sortOption == "nameZA")
{
results2 = results2.OrderByDescending(b => b.CompanyName);
}
//create paginated list. 3rd argument is page size
var results = await PaginatedList <Company> .CreateAsync(results2, page == 0? 1 : page, 5);
//if results is not null, return partial view with the results.
if (results != null)
{
return(PartialView("_SearchResultsPartial", results));
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
return(null);
}