public async Task <IActionResult> CreateCategory(string name, string description, List <IFormFile> images)
{
// If the user sends `images` POST param then the list<IFormFile> will be populated, if the user sends `images[]` instead, then it will be empty
// this is why I populate that list with this little trick
if (images?.Count == 0)
{
images = Request.Form.Files.GetFiles("images[]").ToList();
}
Category category = await _categoriesService.Create(name, description, images, Convert.ToInt64(_usersService.GetCurrentUserId()));
return(StatusCodeAndDtoWrapper.BuildSuccess(CategoryDto.Build(category), "Category created successfully"));
}
public static HomeResponse Build(List <Entities.Tag> tags, List <Entities.Category> categories)
{
List <TagDto> tagDtos = new List <TagDto>(tags.Count);
List <CategoryDto> categoryDtos = new List <CategoryDto>(tags.Count);
foreach (var tag in tags)
{
tagDtos.Add(TagDto.Build(tag));
}
foreach (var category in categories)
{
categoryDtos.Add(CategoryDto.Build(category));
}
return(new HomeResponse
{
Tags = tagDtos,
Categories = categoryDtos
});
}