public ActionResult <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> > GetAuthors(
[FromQuery] AuthorResourseParameters authorResourseParameters)
{
var authorsFromRepo = _courseLibraryRepository.GetAuthors(authorResourseParameters);
return(Ok(_mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorsFromRepo)));
}
public IEnumerable <Author> GetAuthors(AuthorResourseParameters authorResourseParameters)
{
if (authorResourseParameters == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(authorResourseParameters));
}
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameters.MainCategory) &&
string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameters.SearchQuery))
{
return(GetAuthors());
}
var collection = _context.Authors as IQueryable <Author>;
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameters.MainCategory))
{
var mainCategory = authorResourseParameters.MainCategory.Trim();
collection = _context.Authors.Where(a => a.MainCategory == mainCategory);
}
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(authorResourseParameters.SearchQuery))
{
var searchQuery = authorResourseParameters.SearchQuery.Trim();
collection = collection.Where(a => a.MainCategory.Contains(searchQuery) ||
a.FirstName.Contains(searchQuery) ||
a.LastName.Contains(searchQuery));
}
return(collection.ToList());
}
