public IActionResult CreateAuthor([FromBody] AuthorCreationDto author)
{
if (author == null || !ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntity = Mapper.Map <Author>(author);
_libraryRepository.AddAuthor(authorEntity);
if (!_libraryRepository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Creating an author failed on save");
//return StatusCode(500, "A problem happened with handling your request");
}
var authorToReturn = Mapper.Map <AuthorDto>(authorEntity);
var links = CreateLinksForAuthor(authorToReturn.Id, null);
var linkedResourceToReturn = authorToReturn.ShapeData(null)
as IDictionary <string, object>;
linkedResourceToReturn.Add("links", links);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthor", new { id = linkedResourceToReturn["Id"] }, linkedResourceToReturn));
}
public IActionResult CreateAuthorCollection([FromBody] IEnumerable <AuthorCreationDto> authorCollection)
{
if (authorCollection == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
var authorEntities = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <Author> >(authorCollection);
foreach (var author in authorEntities)
{
libraryRepository.AddAuthor(author);
}
if (!libraryRepository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Creation of author collection failed");
}
var authorCollectionToReturn = Mapper.Map <IEnumerable <AuthorDto> >(authorEntities);
var idsAsString = string.Join(",", authorCollectionToReturn.Select(a => a.Id));
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetAuthorCollection", new { ids = idsAsString }, authorCollectionToReturn));
}