public static Artist AddArtist(ArtistModel artist)
{
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsXmlAsync("api/artists", artist).Result;
var myArtist = response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Artist>().Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
Console.WriteLine("Artist added: {0}", artist.Name);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)response.StatusCode, response.ReasonPhrase);
}
return myArtist;
}
// POST api/Artists
public HttpResponseMessage PostArtist(ArtistModel artist)
{
if (artist == null)
{
var errResponse = Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Error!");
return errResponse;
}
Artist artistToAdd = artist.ToArtist();
var entity = this.repository.Add(artistToAdd);
var response = this.Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, entity);
response.Headers.Location =
new Uri(this.Request.RequestUri + artist.ArtistId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
return response;
}
