public ActionResult <AuthorDto> CreateAuthor(AuthorForCreationDto author)
{
var authorEntity = _mapper.Map <Entities.Author>(author);
_bookstoreRepository.AddAuthor(authorEntity);
_bookstoreRepository.Save();
var authorToReturn = _mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor",
new { authorId = authorToReturn.Id },
authorToReturn));
}
public ActionResult <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> > CreateAuthorCollection(
IEnumerable <AuthorForCreationDto> authorCollection)
{
var authorEntities = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <Entities.Author> >(authorCollection);
foreach (var author in authorEntities)
{
_courseLibraryRepository.AddAuthor(author);
}
_courseLibraryRepository.Save();
var authorCollectionToReturn = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorEntities);
var idsAsString = string.Join(",", authorCollectionToReturn.Select(a => a.Id));
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthorCollection",
new { ids = idsAsString },
authorCollectionToReturn));
}