public async Task <IActionResult> Create(ReviewViewModel file)
{
file.Review.NoodleId = file.NoodleId;
_context.Reviews.Add(file.Review);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"));
}
/// <summary>
/// method to retrieve current noodle data from api, updates server database
/// </summary>
/// <returns>view of current noodle list</returns>
public async Task <IActionResult> ViewAllNoodles()
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
// add the appropriate properties on top of the client base address.
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://noodliciousapi.azurewebsites.net/");
//the .Result is important for us to extract the result of the response from the call
var response = client.GetAsync("/api/noodle").Result;
if (response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode().IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var stringResult = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Noodle> >(stringResult);
foreach (var item in obj)
{
Noodle alreadyExists = await _context.Noodles.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Name == item.Name);
if (alreadyExists == null)
{
item.Id = null;
_context.Noodles.Add(item);
}
else
{
if (alreadyExists.Name != item.Name)
{
item.Id = null;
_context.Noodles.Add(item);
}
}
}
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(View(obj));
}
}
return(View());
}