protected override void Seed(NgCookingServicesContext context) { //var manager = new UserManager<Cook>(new UserStore<Cook>(new NgCookingServicesContext())); // 1. Reading the Json Files // --------------------------------- var communityJson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\C17 Developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\ngCooking-master\NgCookingServices\JsonResources\community.json"); var ingredientsCategoriesJson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\C17 Developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\ngCooking-master\NgCookingServices\JsonResources\ingredients-categories.json"); var ingredientsJson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\C17 Developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\ngCooking-master\NgCookingServices\JsonResources\ingredients.json"); var recipesCategoriesJson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\C17 Developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\ngCooking-master\NgCookingServices\JsonResources\recipes-categories.json"); var recipesJson = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\C17 Developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\ngCooking-master\NgCookingServices\JsonResources\recipes.json"); // 2. Deserializing files // --------------------------------- List <Cook> users = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Cook> >(communityJson); List <IngredientsCategory> ingredientsCategories = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <IngredientsCategory> >(ingredientsCategoriesJson); List <Ingredient> ingredients = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Ingredient> >(ingredientsJson); List <RecipesCategory> recipesCategories = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <RecipesCategory> >(recipesCategoriesJson); List <Recipe> recipes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Recipe> >(recipesJson, new RecipeConverter(ingredients)); // 3. Deserializing files // --------------------------------- // Cooks if (!context.Cooks.Any()) { foreach (Cook user in users) { context.Cooks.AddOrUpdate(user); //manager.Create(user, "c17"); } //context.SaveChanges(); } // IngredientsCategories if (!context.IngredientsCategories.Any()) { foreach (IngredientsCategory iCategory in ingredientsCategories) { context.IngredientsCategories.AddOrUpdate(iCategory); } //context.SaveChanges(); } //// RecipesCategories if (!context.RecipesCategories.Any()) { foreach (RecipesCategory rCategory in recipesCategories) { context.RecipesCategories.AddOrUpdate(rCategory); } //context.SaveChanges(); } // Ingredients if (!context.Ingredients.Any()) { foreach (Ingredient ingredient in ingredients) { context.Ingredients.AddOrUpdate(ingredient); } //context.SaveChanges(); } // Recipes & Comments if (!context.Recipes.Any()) { foreach (Recipe recipe in recipes) { context.Recipes.AddOrUpdate(recipe); if (!context.Comments.Any()) { foreach (Comment comment in recipe.Comments) { context.Comments.AddOrUpdate(comment); // context.SaveChanges(); } } } //context.SaveChanges(); } // 4 Saving & applying modifications to the database // --------------------------------- context.SaveChanges(); }