public IHttpActionResult PostPost(PostModel post)
{
// Validate request
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
// Check that the corresponding blog exists
if (!_blogRepository.Any(b => b.BlogID == post.BlogID))
{
throw new Exception("Unable to add the post to the database, as it does not correspond to a blog");
}
//Set up new Post object, populated from input post
Post dbPost = new Post();
dbPost.Update(post);
// Add the new Post object to the DB
_postRepository.Add(dbPost);
// Save the changes in the database
try
{
_unitOfWork.Commit();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to add the post to the database", e);
}
// Set post ID in PostModel object with the ID
// that was set in the DB post after db.SaveChanges
post.PostID = dbPost.PostID;
return(CreatedAtRoute("DefaultApi", new { id = post.PostID }, post));
}
