public IActionResult AddAuthor([FromBody] AuthorForAddDto authorForAdd)
{
if (authorForAdd == null)
{
return(BadRequest()); // Did not deserialize properly.
}
var authorEntity = Mapper.Map <Author>(authorForAdd);
Respository.AddAuthor(authorEntity);
if (!Respository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Failed to create the author."); // Throw exception so the middleware handler does all of the error handling.
}
var authorToReturn = Mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor", new { id = authorToReturn.Id }, authorToReturn)); // Puts Location http://localhost:5000/api/Authors/53 in header
}
public IActionResult AddAuthorCollection([FromBody] IEnumerable <AuthorForAddDto> authorCollection)
{
if (authorCollection == null)
{
return(BadRequest()); // Did not deserialize properly.
}
var authorEntities = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <Author> >(authorCollection);
foreach (var author in authorEntities)
{
Respository.AddAuthor(author);
}
if (!Respository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Failed to create the author collection."); // Throw exception so the middleware handler does all of the error handling.
}
var authorCollectionToReturn = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorEntities);
var idsAsString = string.Join(",", authorEntities.Select(a => a.Id.ToString()));
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthorCollectionX", new { ids = idsAsString }, authorCollectionToReturn)); // Puts Location http://localhost:5000/api/Authors/53 in header
}
