public IHttpActionResult PostCategory([FromBody]CategoryViewModel category_view_model)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return BadRequest(ModelState);
}
Category category = new Category { Id = category_view_model.Id, Name = category_view_model.Name };
db.Categories.Add(category);
db.SaveChanges();
return CreatedAtRoute("DefaultApi", new { id = category.Id }, ToViewModel(category));
}
private CategoryViewModel ToViewModel(Category c)
{
return new CategoryViewModel { Id = c.Id, Name = c.Name, TimestampString=Convert.ToBase64String( c.Timestamp ) };
}