public IActionResult GetAuthors([FromQuery] AuthorsResourceParameters authorsResourceParameters)
{
if (!_propertyMappingService.ValidMappingExistFor <AuthorDto, Author>(authorsResourceParameters.OrderBy) ||
!_propertyCheckerService.TypeHasProperty <AuthorDto>(authorsResourceParameters.Fields))
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authors = _courseLibraryRepository.GetAuthors(authorsResourceParameters);
var metadata = PaginationMetadata.Create(authors);
Response.Headers.Add("X-Pagination", JsonSerializer.Serialize(metadata));
var links = GetLinksForAuthors(authorsResourceParameters, authors.HasNext, authors.HasPrevious);
var shapedAuthors = _mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authors)
.ShapeData(authorsResourceParameters.Fields);
var shapedAuthorsWithLinks = shapedAuthors.Select(sa =>
{
var shapedAuthor = sa as IDictionary <string, object>;
var authorLinks = GetLinksForAuthor((Guid)shapedAuthor["Id"]);
shapedAuthor.Add("links", authorLinks);
return(shapedAuthor);
});
return(Ok(new { value = shapedAuthorsWithLinks, links }));
}