//public async Task<IActionResult> Create(ComicImageViewModel comicImageViewModel);
public async Task <IActionResult> Create(ComicImageViewModel comicImageViewModel)
{
//the comicimageviewmodel does not contain a userid so we need to remove it to make modelstate valid
ModelState.Remove("comic.UserId");
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//get the current user
var user = await GetCurrentUserAsync();
//this will add and image to the comic database
if (comicImageViewModel.ImageFile != null)
{
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
await comicImageViewModel.ImageFile.CopyToAsync(memoryStream);
comicImageViewModel.comic.ComicImage = memoryStream.ToArray();
}
}
;
//add the user id to the comic posted to inventory
comicImageViewModel.comic.UserId = user.Id;
_context.Add(comicImageViewModel.comic);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index), new { id = comicImageViewModel.comic.Id.ToString() }));
}
//return the view of comicimageviewmodel
return(View(comicImageViewModel));
}
public IActionResult Create()
{
//this will create the entry fields set up in the comic model
ComicImageViewModel comicImageViewModel = new ComicImageViewModel();
ViewData["UserId"] = new SelectList(_context.Users, "Id", "Id");
//i used a view model to add images to each comic
return(View(comicImageViewModel));
}
