public IActionResult Put([FromBody] MessageViewModel model)
{
//return a generic HTTP status 500 (server error )
//if the pay load is invalid
if (model == null)
{
return(new StatusCodeResult(500));
}
//mapping the message to the model
var message = model.Adapt <Message>();
//set data received from model into the mapped variable
model.Content = message.Content;
model.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
model.Status = message.Status;
//add the mapped variable into the dbContext.
DbContext.Messages.Add(message);
//persist the data into the database
DbContext.SaveChanges();
//return the newly add message to the client side
return(new JsonResult(message.Adapt <MessageViewModel>(), new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
Formatting = Formatting.Indented
}));
}
