public IHttpActionResult Post(ContactsSearchRequest request)
{
var contactsList = Business.Contacts.GetAllContacts();
var jsonContacts = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(contactsList);
var responseData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ContactsData>(jsonContacts);
var response = Search(responseData.Data, request);
return(Ok(response));
}
private static ContactsSearchResponse Search(ICollection <Contact> contacts, ContactsSearchRequest request)
{
var results = FilterContacts(contacts, request.Search.Value).ToList();
var response = new ContactsSearchResponse
{
Data = PageResults(results, request),
Draw = request.Draw,
RecordsFiltered = results.Count,
RecordsTotal = contacts.Count
};
return(response);
}
private static IEnumerable <Contact> OrderResults <Contact>(IEnumerable <Contact> results, ContactsSearchRequest request)
{
if (request.Order == null)
{
return(results);
}
var columnIndex = request.Order[0].Column;
var sortDirection = request.Order[0].Dir;
var columnName = request.Columns[columnIndex].Data;
var prop = typeof(Contact).GetProperty(columnName);
return(sortDirection == "asc" ? results.OrderBy(x => prop.GetValue(x, null)) : results.OrderByDescending(x => prop.GetValue(x, null)));
}
protected static IList <Contact> PageResults <Contact>(IEnumerable <Contact> results, ContactsSearchRequest request)
{
var skip = request.Start;
var pageSize = request.Length;
var orderedResults = OrderResults(results, request);
return(pageSize > 0 ? orderedResults.Skip(skip).Take(pageSize).ToList() :
orderedResults.ToList());
}
