public ActionResult StoryPost(PostsViewModel viewModelPosts)
{
//Don't do any redirects, the slug is null when form is posted.
//This is how you get the current user id.
string userId = "";
var claimsIdentity = User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
if (claimsIdentity != null)
{
// the principal identity is a claims identity.
// now we need to find the NameIdentifier claim
var userIdClaim = claimsIdentity.Claims
.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Type == ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
if (userIdClaim != null)
{
userId = userIdClaim.Value;
}
}
Posts posts = new Posts();
posts.StoryId = Int64.Parse(RouteData.Values["Id"].ToString()); //what if user changes id parameter in url then presses post??
posts.UserId = userId;
posts.Username = User.Identity.Name;
posts.ReplyCount = 0;
posts.LikeCount = 0;
posts.PostDate = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt");
posts.Post = viewModelPosts.Post;
posts.IsActive = 1;
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//Save to Database
var db = new CareersDataContext();
db.Posts.Add(posts);
db.SaveChanges();
//increment post count for current story
var story = db.Stories.Find(Int64.Parse(RouteData.Values["Id"].ToString()));
story.PostCount += 1;
db.Entry(story).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
//use StringBuilder here for optimization
return(Redirect(@"~\" + "careers/" + RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString() + "/" + RouteData.Values["Id"].ToString() + "/" + getSlug(posts.StoryId)));
}
return(Story()); //return the getStory action so that the new reply or post will be shown.
}
public ActionResult Create(StoriesCreateViewModel viewModelStories) //Look into ViewModels, more work but may be worth it.
{
//sanitize url
string inputUrlParam;
string cleanUrlParam;
if (RouteData.Values["careerName"] == null)
{
return(Redirect("/careers/administrative-assistant"));
}
else
{
inputUrlParam = RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString();
cleanUrlParam = URLFriendly(inputUrlParam);
if (!inputUrlParam.Equals(cleanUrlParam))
{
return(Redirect(cleanUrlParam));
}
}
bool careerNameUrlFound = false;
string careerNameUrl = "";
if (RouteData.Values["careerName"] != null)
{
careerNameUrl = RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString();
careerNameUrl = careerNameUrl.Replace("-", " ");
}
var db = new CareersDataContext();
var list = db.Careers.Where(u => u.IsActive == 1).ToList();
for (int i = 0; i < list.Count(); i++)
{
if (list.ElementAt(i).CareerName.ToLower().Equals(careerNameUrl))
{
careerNameUrlFound = true;
}
}
if (!careerNameUrlFound)
{
return(Redirect("/careers/administrative-assistant")); //anything after careers/ that is not valid will be redirected to aa.
}
////////////////////////end redirect check/////////////////////////////////////////////
//This is how you get the current user id.
string userId = "";
var claimsIdentity = User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
if (claimsIdentity != null)
{
// the principal identity is a claims identity.
// now we need to find the NameIdentifier claim
var userIdClaim = claimsIdentity.Claims
.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Type == ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
if (userIdClaim != null)
{
userId = userIdClaim.Value;
}
}
Stories stories = new Stories();
stories.Title = viewModelStories.Title;
stories.Education = viewModelStories.Education;
stories.Company = viewModelStories.Company;
stories.Salary = viewModelStories.Salary;
stories.Location = viewModelStories.Location;
stories.Story = viewModelStories.Story;
stories.CareerId = getCareerId(RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString().Replace("-", " "));
stories.CareerName = RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString().Replace("-", " ");
stories.UserId = userId; //MUST CHANGE to current user id!
stories.Username = User.Identity.Name;
stories.PostDate = DateTime.Now.ToString("M/dd/yy"); //account for time difference
stories.StarCount = 0;
stories.PostCount = 0;
stories.FunnyCount = 0;
stories.InformativeCount = 0;
stories.IsActive = 1;
if (stories.Title == null)
{
stories.Title = "";
}
if (stories.Education == null)
{
stories.Education = "";
}
if (stories.Company == null)
{
stories.Company = "";
}
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//Save to Database
db = new CareersDataContext();
db.Stories.Add(stories);
db.SaveChanges();
var id = stories.Id; //grabs the recently added story's id.
//use StringBuilder here for optimization
return(Redirect(@"~\" + "careers/" + RouteData.Values["careerName"].ToString() + "/" + id + "/" + stories.Title));
}
return(Create()); //returns to the Get Create action
}
