public async Task <ActionResult> Index(ParkFilterViewModel parkFilter) // Passing in parkFilter Objects from above method.
{
await GetApiKey(); // Needed to use API key, to populate the US map
await RunBasicParkJson();
parkFilter.Parks = await db.Parks.Where(p => p.ParkState.Contains(parkFilter.SelectedState)).ToListAsync(); // Matching Park database park name with filter's Selection
parkFilter.States = new SelectList(parkFilter.Parks.Select(p => p.ParkState).ToList()); // Get IEnum error if the this isn't here. Adds list back to page
return(View(parkFilter));
}
// GET: Parks
public async Task <ActionResult> Index()
{
ParkFilterViewModel parkFilter = new ParkFilterViewModel();
await GetApiKey(); // Needed to use API key, to populate the US map
await RunBasicParkJson();
parkFilter.Parks = await db.Parks.ToListAsync();
// === CODE TO GET AND STYLE STATE COLUMNS ON THE PARKS INDEX PAGE, USING THE DROPDOWN ==========
var fullList = parkFilter.Parks.ToList(); // All parks to reference against
// Find Parks in multiple states based on comma
List <string> tempStateList = new List <string>(); // Temporary holding list for multiple state parks
foreach (var singleState in fullList)
{
if (singleState.ParkState.Contains(","))
{
tempStateList.Add(singleState.ParkState);
}
}
// Use list of multi-state parks from above ^^, and add each index
List <string> multiStateCollection = new List <string>();
for (var i = 0; i < tempStateList.Count; i++)
{
string[] stringArray = tempStateList[i].Split(','); // must use ',' (single quote) instead of "," because Split paremeters are always char
foreach (var stateArray in stringArray)
{
multiStateCollection.Add(stateArray);
}
}
// Final List
List <string> finalStateList = new List <string>();
List <string> currentStates = db.Parks.Select(s => s.ParkState).ToList();
// Add multi-state parks to final list
foreach (var extraState in multiStateCollection)
{
finalStateList.Add(extraState);
}
// Add existing parks to final list if they don't contain a comma
foreach (var state in currentStates)
{
if (!state.Contains(','))
{
finalStateList.Add(state);
}
}
parkFilter.States = new SelectList(finalStateList.Select(p => p).Distinct().OrderBy(s => s).ToList());
return(View(parkFilter));
}
