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 CreateBookForAuthor(Guid authorId, [FromBody] BookCreationDto book)
{
if (book == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
if (book.Description == book.Title)
{
ModelState.AddModelError(nameof(BookCreationDto), "The provided desciption should be different from the title");
}
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(new UnprocessableEntityObjectResult(ModelState));
}
if (!_libraryRepository.AuthorExists(authorId))
{
return(NotFound());
}
var bookEntity = Mapper.Map <Book>(book);
_libraryRepository.AddBookForAuthor(authorId, bookEntity);
if (!_libraryRepository.Save())
{
throw new BadImageFormatException($"Creating a book for {authorId} failed on save");
}
var bookToReturn = Mapper.Map <BookDto>(bookEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetBookForAuthor", new { authorId, id = bookToReturn.Id }, CreateLinksForBook(bookToReturn)));
}
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));
}