public async Task <IActionResult> Post([FromBody] ContactModel model) // FromBody allows us to map request bodies to .NET Objects
{
try
{
_logger.LogInformation("Creating a contact");
var contact = _mapper.Map <Contact>(model);// map back to contact enitity for DB; have to do ReverseMap in mappings profile
var result = await _contactStore.InsertAsync(contact);
// don't assume the insert worked...
if (result != null &&
result.New != null &&
result.New.Name == model.Name &&
!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(result.Key))
{
var contactModel = _mapper.Map <ContactModel>(result.New); // back to ContactModel for the end user
var newUri = Url.Link("ContactGet", new { key = result.New.Key });
return(Created(newUri, contactModel));
}
_logger.LogWarning("Could not save contact to the database");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError($"Threw exception while saving contact: {ex}");
}
return(BadRequest());
}
