public void AddBanter(string message, int gameId, int userTeamId, string who)
{
string name = Context.User.Identity.Name;
foreach (var connectionId in _connections.GetConnections(who))
{
Clients.Client(connectionId).testAdd(name + ": " + message, gameId);
}
try
{
_service.AddBanter(gameId, userTeamId, message);
var _updatedBanter = _service.GetGameBanter(1);
BantersDto _bantersDto = new BantersDto()
{
Banter = _updatedBanter, CurrentGameId = gameId, CurrentUserTeamId = userTeamId
};
// this method i create a dummy controller that can return a partialview to the page - thus i can actually get ALL the banter and refresh the entire view instead of appending bits...
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22098233/partialview-to-html-string
var bogusController = ViewRenderer.CreateController <HomeController>();
// var partialViewGuts = ViewRenderer.RenderPartialViewToString(bogusController.ControllerContext, "view", model);
var partialViewGuts = ViewRenderer.RenderPartialView("~/Views/ViewPlayers/banterlist.cshtml", _bantersDto, bogusController.ControllerContext);
Clients.All.addNewBanterToPage(partialViewGuts);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Clients.All.addNewBanterToPage("There has been a problem getting the banter");
}
}
