// To Update contact record
//PUT api/<controller>/id
public HttpResponseMessage Put(int Id, [FromBody] TbContact _ContactToEdit)
{
// first fetch the details of the record to edit
var ExisitngRecord = (from a in db.TbContacts
where a.ContactId == Id
select a
).FirstOrDefault();
//when the record is gotten
if (ExisitngRecord != null)
{
//set the incoming records to the exitising record
ExisitngRecord.ContactName = _ContactToEdit.ContactName;
ExisitngRecord.Address = _ContactToEdit.Address;
ExisitngRecord.DateOfBirth = _ContactToEdit.DateOfBirth;
ExisitngRecord.PhoneNo = _ContactToEdit.PhoneNo;
//save the changes
db.SaveChanges();
//return response status as successfully updated with member entity
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, ExisitngRecord));
}
else
{
//return response error as NOT FOUND with message.
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "Record not found to edit"));
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage EditContact(int id, [FromBody] TbContact NewContactValue)
{
try
{
var entity = db.TbContacts.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ContactId == id);
if (entity != null)
{
entity.Address = NewContactValue.Address;
entity.DateOfBirth = NewContactValue.DateOfBirth;
entity.ContactName = NewContactValue.ContactName;
entity.Email = NewContactValue.Email;
entity.PhoneNo = NewContactValue.PhoneNo;
//save the Updated record
db.SaveChanges();
//Append/ embed the updated Data record to the request URL
var Msg = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, entity);
return(Msg);
}
else
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "The Contact with the Id" + id.ToString() + "not found"));
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex));
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage AddNewContact([FromBody] TbContact NewContact)
{
try
{
db.TbContacts.Add(NewContact);
db.SaveChanges();
var msg = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, NewContact);
//embed the ID of the new data to the Header of the request while redirecting
msg.Headers.Location = new Uri(Request.RequestUri + "/" + NewContact.ContactId.ToString());
return(msg);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//else tell the user that there is an Issue
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex));
}
}
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody] TbContact _contact)
{
try
{
//to add a new record
db.TbContacts.Add(_contact);
// save the added data
db.SaveChanges();
//return response status as successful
var msg = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, _contact);
//send the added data to the URi for Check Purpose
msg.Headers.Location = new Uri(Request.RequestUri + _contact.ContactId.ToString());
return(msg);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// return response as bad request with exception message.
return(Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex));
}
}