public IActionResult CreateAuthorCollection([FromBody] IEnumerable <AuthorForCreationDto> authorCollection)
{
if (authorCollection == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntities = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <Author> >(authorCollection);
foreach (var author in authorEntities)
{
_libraryRepository.AddAuthor(author);
}
if (!_libraryRepository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Creating an author collection failed on save.");
}
var authorCollectionToReturn = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorEntities);
var idsAsString = string.Join(",",
authorCollectionToReturn.Select(a => a.Id));
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthorCollection",
new { ids = idsAsString },
authorCollectionToReturn));
// return Ok();
}
public IActionResult CreateAuthor([FromBody] AuthorForCreationDto author)
{
if (author == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntity = Mapper.Map <Author>(author);
_libraryRepository.AddAuthor(authorEntity);
if (!_libraryRepository.Save())
{
return(StatusCode(500, "A problem happened with handling your request."));
}
var authorToReturn = Mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor",
new { id = authorToReturn.Id },
authorToReturn));
}