/// TODO: further testing requried on this method. Not always excepting question object in request body.
/// <summary>
/// Method should post an entire brand new question to the database. Including adding in the subquestions and answers.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="question">ExamQuestion Object in Request Body</param>
/// <endpoint>[HttpPost]: api/ExamQuestion</endpoint>
/// <returns>HTTP Response on success or failure of the method</returns>
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody] WCF.ExamQuestion question)
{
try
{
if (question.ExamQuestionID == null || question.ExamQuestionName == null || question.QuestionType == null)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Invalid Exam Question"));
}
client.AddExamQuestion(question);
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex.Message));
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage GetSpecificExamQuestion(string questionID)
{
try
{
WCF.ExamQuestion examQuestion = GetSpecificExQuest(questionID);
if (examQuestion == null)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Exam question does not exist"));
}
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, examQuestion));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex.Message));
}
}
//returns a specific exam question, private method used inside public method
private WCF.ExamQuestion GetSpecificExQuest(string questionID)
{
try
{
List <WCF.ExamQuestion> examQuestions = client.GetAllExamQuestion().ToList();
if (examQuestions == null || examQuestions.Count <= 0)
{
return(null);
}
WCF.ExamQuestion examQuestion = examQuestions.FirstOrDefault(exQ => exQ.ExamQuestionID == questionID);
return(examQuestion);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage GetSpecificQuestionSubjects([FromUri] string questionID)
{
try
{
WCF.ExamQuestion examQuestion = GetSpecificExQuest(questionID);
List <WCF.Subject> subjects = client.GetAllSubject().ToList();
List <WCF.Subject> specificQuestionSubjects = null;
if (examQuestion == null)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Not able to retrieve exam question"));
}
if (subjects == null || subjects.Count <= 0)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Not able to retrieve Subjects"));
}
foreach (WCF.Subject subject in subjects)
{
foreach (WCF.Category cat in subject.listCat)
{
foreach (WCF.Category category in examQuestion.ExamQuestion_Categories)
{
if (cat.Categories_ID == category.Categories_ID)
{
specificQuestionSubjects.Add(subject);
}
}
}
}
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, specificQuestionSubjects));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex.Message));
}
}