public MessageBoardForCreateDto AddMessageBoardEntry(MessageBoardForCreateDto message) { try { Console.WriteLine("Inside AddMessageBoardEntry() "); var messageboardentry = AutoMapper.Mapper.Map <Entities.MessageBoard>(message); _messagesRepository.AddMessageBoardEntry(messageboardentry); if (!_messagesRepository.Save()) { throw new Exception("Error occurred during AddMessageBoardEntry() of User ..."); } return(message); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine($"Error in AddMessageBoardEntry() {e.Message}"); _logger.LogError($"Error in AddMessageBoardEntry() {e.Message}"); return(null); } }