public HttpResponseMessage Save([FromBody] List <DashboardViewModel> model)
{
HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
// dashboard data is stored using the user id so, we need to get the user
var currentUser = PortalsHelpers.GetCurrentUser();
// loop through the dashboard items and get them ready for persisting
foreach (var dashboardModel in model)
{
// this will be our final list of items that we'll store
var dashboardItems = new List <DashboardItem>();
foreach (var dashboardItem in dashboardModel.DashboardItems)
{
// this ensures that the user has access to the dashboard item they're trying to save
ToolboxItem toolboxItem = null;
if (PortalsHelpers.GetToolboxItem(dashboardItem.ControllerType, out toolboxItem))
{
// get the properties that users are able to change on the front end
var configurableProperties = PortalsHelpers.GetConfigurableProperties(toolboxItem.ControllerType);
var configuredProperties = dashboardItem.Properties;//.FromJson<List<PortalsItemProperty>>();
// just to keep things tidy...
configuredProperties.RemoveAll(p => p.Value == string.Empty);
// if the user has actually set any configurable property values, make sure they're valid
foreach (var property in configuredProperties)
{
// check to make sure a previously configurable property is still configurable
if (!configurableProperties.Any(p => p.Name == property.Name))
{
configuredProperties.Remove(property);
}
}
// done with sanitization, let's build the item we're going to persist
var item = new DashboardItem()
{
ControllerType = dashboardItem.ControllerType,
Properties = configuredProperties.Select(p => new PortalsItemProperty()
{
Name = p.Name, Value = p.Value
}).ToList()
};
dashboardItems.Add(item);
}
}
currentUser.SaveDashboard(dashboardModel.DashboardId, dashboardItems);
}
return(response);
}
// *sigh* yes....i'm doing this in the controller. Feel free to move it somewhere else. :)
private DashboardViewModel GetDashboardModel(bool executeControllers = true)
{
var dashboardsManager = UserDashboardsManager.GetManager();
// dashboard data is stored using the user id so, we need to get the user
var currentUser = PortalsHelpers.GetCurrentUser();
// get this dashboard's data for the current user
var dashboard = currentUser.GetDashboard(DashboardId);
// instantiate a new DashboardViewModel and set the property values that we know we need
var model = new DashboardViewModel();
model.DashboardId = DashboardId;
model.DashboardItems = new List <DashboardItemViewModel>();
// loop through the dashboard items and create view models for them
foreach (var dashboardItem in dashboard.DashboardItems)
{
// get the corresponding Sitefinity ToolboxItem for the given dashboard item type
ToolboxItem toolboxItem = null;
if (PortalsHelpers.GetToolboxItem(dashboardItem.ControllerType, out toolboxItem))
{
// MvcControllerProxy is the source of all this sorcery
var proxy = new MvcControllerProxy()
{
ControllerName = toolboxItem.ControllerType
};
// get the properties that users are able to change on the front end
// this will *not* include any user defined values...just properties that *can* be configured
var configurableProperties = PortalsHelpers.GetConfigurableProperties(toolboxItem.ControllerType);
// this will be the property list (with user values set) that we pass to the view
var propertyViewModels = new List <PortalsItemPropertyViewModel>();
foreach (var property in configurableProperties)
{
string value = string.Empty;
// if the user has actually set any configurable property value, transfer the value to the controller
if (dashboardItem.Properties.Any(p => p.Name == property.Name))
{
value = dashboardItem.Properties.Single(p => p.Name == property.Name).Value;
// type the value correctly
object propValue = PortalsHelpers.GetValueFromString(value, property.PropertyType);
// fairly confident that this isn't a good way to do this but...it works
var backingProperty = configurableProperties.Where(p => p.Name == property.Name).Single().DashboardConfigurableAttribute.BackingProperty ?? property.Name;
proxy.Controller.SetProperty(backingProperty, propValue);
}
// build the view model for the front end
var propertyViewModel = new PortalsItemPropertyViewModel();
propertyViewModel.Name = property.Name;
propertyViewModel.DisplayName = configurableProperties.Where(p => p.Name == property.Name).Single().DashboardConfigurableAttribute.DisplayName ?? property.Name;
propertyViewModel.Value = value;
propertyViewModels.Add(propertyViewModel);
}
// build a new DashboardItemViewModel with all the properties we need to render, configure, and save the item
var dashboardItemModel = new DashboardItemViewModel();
dashboardItemModel.Title = toolboxItem.Title;
dashboardItemModel.ControllerType = toolboxItem.ControllerType;
dashboardItemModel.Properties = propertyViewModels;
dashboardItemModel.Html = executeControllers ? ExecuteController(proxy) : string.Empty;
model.DashboardItems.Add(dashboardItemModel);
}
}
return(model);
}