public async Task <IActionResult> CreateCustomer([FromBody] CustomerCreationDto customer)
{
var customerEntity = _mapper.Map <Customer>(customer);
AuthExtensions.CreatePasswordHash(customer.password, out byte[] passwordHash, out byte[] passwordSalt);
customer.passwordHash = passwordHash;
customer.passwordSalt = passwordSalt;
_repository.Customer.CreateCustomer(customerEntity);
await _repository.SaveAsync();
var createdCustomer = _mapper.Map <CustomerDto>(customerEntity);
return(CreatedAtRoute("CustomerById", new { id = createdCustomer.customerId }, createdCustomer));
}
//[FromForm] is compulsory for getting files with json data
public async Task <IActionResult> CreateCustomer([FromForm] CustomerCreationDto customer)
{
try
{
//check if profile picture is present
var profilePicture = customer.ProfilePicture;
if (profilePicture.Length <= 0)
{
return(BadRequest(new { errorMessage = "Profile picture must be uploaded" }));
}
//check if customer already exists
var existingCustomer = await _repoWrapper.Customer.GetCustomerByEmailAsync(customer.Email);
if (existingCustomer != null)
{
return(BadRequest(new { errorMessage = "Customer already exists" }));
}
//check if customer object is null
if (customer == null)
{
return(BadRequest(new { errorMessage = "Customer object can not be null" }));
}
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest(new { errorMessage = "Invalid customer model" }));
}
//give the file a unique id
Guid uniqueFileId = Guid.NewGuid();
//give file a unique name to prevent overwriting
var uniqueFileName = uniqueFileId + profilePicture.FileName.Replace(" ", "_");//replace spaces with underscore
//specify folder to save uploaded files
var filePath = Path.Combine("Uploads/Images", uniqueFileName);
//this works, but saves file inside server, not a specific folder
// using(var fileStream = new FileStream(profilePicture.FileName, FileMode.Create))
//save profile picture
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
{
await profilePicture.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
}
//map incoming customer object of CustomerCreationDto to the Customer model class
var customerEntity = _mapper.Map <Customer>(customer);
//add the unique filename to customerentity object and save to db
customerEntity.ProfilePicture = uniqueFileName;
_repoWrapper.Customer.CreateCustomer(customerEntity);
await _repoWrapper.SaveAsync();
//map the created customer to the CustomerCreationDto
// var createdCustomer = _mapper.Map<CustomerCreationDto>(customerEntity); --causes error
//return created customer
//return Created($"/api/customers/{createdCustomer.CustomerId}", createdCustomer);
return(Created($"/api/customers/{customerEntity.CustomerId}", customerEntity));
}
catch (Exception)
{
//if an exception occurs
return(this.StatusCode(501));
}
}
