public RedirectToRouteResult MakeAPost(ViewModelPost viewModelPost, string post)
{
var user = (User)Session["User"];
var newPost = new Post();
string path = "";
var profilePic = viewModelPost.Picture;
if (profilePic != null)
{
string pic = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(profilePic.FileName);
path = System.IO.Path.Combine(
Server.MapPath("~/Image/ProfilePic"), pic);
// file is uploaded
profilePic.SaveAs(path);
newPost.PostPicture = viewModelPost.Picture.FileName;
newPost.UserPost = post;
}
else
{
newPost = new Post();
newPost.PostPicture = "a";
newPost.UserPost = post;
}
//save path to database
postManager.MakeAPost(newPost, user.Id);
return(RedirectToAction("Index", "NewsFeed"));
}
public IActionResult CreateNewPost(ViewModelPost newPost)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
AddNewPostToDb(newPost);
return(RedirectToAction("OliviasBubble"));
}
else
{
return(View("Error"));
}
}
//******************************************************
// Create new post
//******************************************************
public IActionResult CreateNewPost()
{
var viewModel = new ViewModelPost();
var categoriesDropdown = new List <SelectListItem>();
var categoriesDb = GetCategoriesFromDb();
CreateCategoriesDropDown(categoriesDb, categoriesDropdown);
viewModel.Categories = categoriesDropdown;
return(View(viewModel));
}
public void AddNewPostToDb(ViewModelPost newPost)
{
_context.Posts.Add(newPost.CurrentPost);
_context.SaveChanges();
}