public VideoDTO Patch(int id, [FromBody] JsonPatchDocument <VideoDTO> videoPatch)
{
//get original video object from the database
Video originVideo = videoRepository.GetVideoByID(id);
//use automapper to map that to DTO object
VideoDTO videoDTO = _mapper.Map <VideoDTO>(originVideo);
//apply the patch to that DTO
videoPatch.ApplyTo(videoDTO);
//use automapper to map the DTO back ontop of the database object
_mapper.Map(videoDTO, originVideo);
//update video in the database
_context.Update(originVideo);
_context.SaveChanges();
return(videoDTO);
}
public void Save()
{
context.SaveChanges();
}