public IActionResult CreateBookForAuthor(int authorId, [FromBody] BookForAddDto bookForAdd) // FromBody signals that it should be deserialized from the request body
{
if (bookForAdd == null)
{
return(BadRequest());
}
if (!Respository.AuthorExists(authorId))
{
return(NotFound());
}
var bookEntity = Mapper.Map <Book>(bookForAdd);
Respository.AddBookForAuthor(authorId, bookEntity);
if (!Respository.Save())
{
throw new Exception("Failed to create the book."); // Throw exception so the middleware handler does all of the error handling.
}
var bookToReturn = Mapper.Map <BookDto>(bookEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("GetBookForAuthor", new { authorId, id = bookToReturn.Id }, bookToReturn)); // Puts Location http://localhost:5000/api/Authors/53 in header
}