public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] TrackAdd newItem) { // Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter) if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null) { return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI")); } // Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body if (newItem == null) { return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request")); } // Ensure that we can use the incoming data if (!ModelState.IsValid) { return(BadRequest(ModelState)); } // Attempt to add the new object var addedItem = m.TrackAdd(newItem); // Continue? if (addedItem == null) { return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object")); } // HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body // Notice how to create the URI for the Location header var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.TrackId }); return(Created(uri, addedItem)); }
// Add a Track public TrackBase TrackAdd(TrackAdd newItem) { // To add a Track, // We must validate that Track first by attempting to fetch it // If successful, then we can continue var a = ds.Tracks; if (a == null) { return(null); } else { // Attempt to add the object var addedItem = ds.Tracks.Add(mapper.Map <Track>(newItem)); ds.SaveChanges(); // Return the result, or null if there was an error return((addedItem == null) ? null : mapper.Map <TrackBase>(addedItem)); } }