public void SendReferrals(string SenderUserId, ReferralCodeRequest model) //pass in the sender's userId and the request model
{
//Use GetCouponByUserIdAndType method
CouponsDomain referralCoupon = _CouponService.GetCouponByUserIdAndType(SenderUserId, CouponType.referral);
//referralCoupon now contains the information about the coupon, based on the UserId and the coupon emun referral
//initially couponId is set to zero, but will get over-ridden as it goes in the if statement
int couponId = 0;
//If there is no referral coupon, generate a new referral coupon code for the sender.
//If a new person registers, initially they will not have this code.
//Therefore, this null check will check and they will have a code generated for them
if (referralCoupon == null)
{
couponId = _CouponService.GenerateReferralCode(SenderUserId);
}
else //If the user already has a coupon code:
{
couponId = referralCoupon.Id;
}
//for each email, generate a token
//token needs: couponId, friend's email address, and the userId of the current user
//once generated, token emailed to new user via emailservice: either sendgrid or mandrill...depending on the unity.config
//do a loop through model.emails... loop is required because user can send more than one referral email
foreach (var email in model.InviteEmail)
{
//Checks the following:
//Does invitation email exist in the token database? meaning have they already been sent an email?
//Go through the database and see if there is an email that matches the var email ^^
//if there is NO match (not a current user || invitee), bool = false and therefore send the invitation
//if there IS a match (current user || already invited), bool = true, and therefore DO NOT send out the invitation
{
bool checkUser = UserService.IsUser(email.Email);
//this var is null-checking if a invitation email already exists
ReferralTokenRequest alreadyInvited = TokenService.getAllEmailsByTokenType(TokenType.Invite, email.Email);
//if that email does NOT exist in the database,
//AND if that email has NOT been sent an invitation....send the referral email:
if (checkUser == false && alreadyInvited == null)
{
//new instance of the ReferralTokenRequest model to get token:
ReferralTokenRequest referralTokenModel = new ReferralTokenRequest();
referralTokenModel.Email = email.Email;
referralTokenModel.CouponId = couponId;
referralTokenModel.UserId = SenderUserId;
//Create a unique token for each valid email:
Guid CreateTokenForInvites = TokenService.InsertReferralToken(referralTokenModel);
//Finally, send out invitation email
_EmailService.ReferralEmail(CreateTokenForInvites, email.Email);
}
}
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage APIPostReferral(ReferralCodeRequest model)
{
// if the Model does not pass validation, there will be an Error response returned with errors
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState));
}
string SenderUserId = UserService.GetCurrentUserId();
_ReferralService.SendReferrals(SenderUserId, model);
ItemResponse <bool> response = new ItemResponse <bool>();
response.Item = true;
return(Request.CreateResponse(response));
}