/// <summary>
/// Add an attendance to the database
/// </summary>
/// <param name="att"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody] attendance att)
{
try
{
using (ebuilderEntities entities = new ebuilderEntities())
{
if (DateTime.Compare(DateTime.Today, att.date.Date) < 0)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Attendance for future dates are not allowed"));
}
if (att.EID == null || att.checkIn == null || att.checkOut == null)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Some fields are empty"));
}
var entity = entities.attendances.FirstOrDefault(a => a.EID == att.EID && a.date == att.date);
if (entity != null)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Attendance the given EID and date already exists."));
}
entities.attendances.Add(att);
entities.SaveChanges();
var message = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, att);
message.Headers.Location = new Uri(Request.RequestUri + att.AID.ToString());
return(message);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, att.ToString(), ex));
}
}