//[Authorize]
public IActionResult Create(EmployeeCreateViewmodel model)
{
//to check if validation has suceeded
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//because we use this in the edit view we can refactore it to do that we select the lines of code
//and then extract so it creates its own method bellow
string uniqueFilename = ProcessUploadedFile(model);
Employee newEmployee = new Employee
{
Id = model.Id,
Name = model.Name,
Email = model.Email,
Department = model.Department,
Photopath = uniqueFilename
};
_employeeRepository.Add(newEmployee);
return(RedirectToAction("details", new { id = newEmployee.Id }));
}
//else return create view
return(View());
//new {id = newEmployee.Id is used to pass the new id to the details
//because the id is the arguement in the path controller:home action:details
//arguement:id it could be abc if the arguement/parameter on the action was abc
}
public IActionResult Create(EmployeeCreateViewmodel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
string uniqueFileName = ProcessUploadedFile(model);
Employee NewEmployee = new Employee
{
Name = model.Name,
Email = model.Email,
Department = model.Department,
PhotoPath = uniqueFileName
};
_employeeRepository.Add(NewEmployee);
return(RedirectToAction("details", new { id = NewEmployee.Id }));
}
return(View());
}
private string ProcessUploadedFile(EmployeeCreateViewmodel model)
{
string uniqueFileName = null;
if (model.Photo != null)
{
string uploadsFolder = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath, "images");
uniqueFileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + "_" + model.Photo.FileName;
string FilePath = Path.Combine(uploadsFolder, uniqueFileName);
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.Create))
{
model.Photo.CopyTo(fileStream);
}
}
return(uniqueFileName);
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Create(EmployeeCreateViewmodel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var employee = new Employee
{
Id = model.Id,
EmpNo = model.EmpNo,
FirstName = model.FirstName,
MiddleName = model.MiddleName,
LastName = model.LastName,
FullName = model.FullName,
Gender = model.Gender,
Address = model.Address,
City = model.City,
PostalCode = model.PostalCode,
PhoneNumber = model.PhoneNumber,
DOB = model.DOB,
DateJoined = model.DateJoined,
Designation = model.Designation,
Email = model.Email,
InsuranceNo = model.InsuranceNo,
PaymentMethod = model.PaymentMethod,
StudentLoan = model.StudentLoan,
UnionMember = model.UnionMember,
};
if (model.ImageUrl != null && model.ImageUrl.Length > 0)
{
var UploadDir = @"Images/employeeDP";
var Filename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(model.ImageUrl.FileName);
var Extension = Path.GetExtension(model.ImageUrl.FileName);
var WebRoot = _hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath;
Filename = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyymmdd") + Filename + Extension;
var path = Path.Combine(WebRoot, UploadDir, Filename);
await model.ImageUrl.CopyToAsync(new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create));
employee.ImageUrl = "/" + UploadDir + "/" + Filename;
}
await _EmployeeService.CreateAsync(employee);
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
return(View());
}
private string ProcessUploadedFile(EmployeeCreateViewmodel model)
{
string uniqueFilename = null;
if (model.Photo != null)
{
//hostingEnvironment.Webrootpath returns the wwwrootpath and then to get to the images
//we have to combine the path with the images folder
string uploadsFolder = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath, "images");
//Guid = global unique identifier
uniqueFilename = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + "_" + model.Photo.FileName;
string filePath = Path.Combine(uploadsFolder, uniqueFilename);
//copy the new filenamepath to the sqlserver to save the image
//we use the using to avoid certain problems with sequences like someone creating and editing the image
//that the added to the web page immediately, its good practise
using (var filestream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
{
model.Photo.CopyTo(filestream);
}
}
return(uniqueFilename);
}
public IActionResult Create()
{
var model = new EmployeeCreateViewmodel();
return(View(model));
}
