// POST: api/Notes
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] NoteAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter)
if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI"));
}
// Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body
if (newItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
// Attempt to add the new object
var addedItem = m.NoteAdd(newItem);
// Continue?
if (addedItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
// HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body
// Notice how to create the URI for the Location header
var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.Id });
return(Created(uri, addedItem));
}
public NoteBase NoteAdd(NoteAdd newItem)
{
// Attention - 5 - Add new is NOT restricted
var addedItem = ds.Notes.Add(Mapper.Map <Note>(newItem));
// Assign the owner
addedItem.Owner = User.Name;
ds.SaveChanges();
return((addedItem == null) ? null : Mapper.Map <NoteBase>(addedItem));
}