public IActionResult Dashboard(Message message) { int user_id = (int)HttpContext.Session.GetInt32("UserId"); Console.WriteLine("dashboard post user_id = " + user_id); if (ModelState.IsValid) { _dbConnector.CreateMessage(message.MessageText, user_id); return(RedirectToAction("Dashboard")); } ViewBag.error = "Please correct errors and resubmit."; return(View("Dashboard", message)); }