// POST: api/Courses
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] CourseAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter)
if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI"));
}
// Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body
if (newItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
// Attempt to add the new item...
var addedItem = m.CourseAdd(newItem);
// Continue?
if (addedItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
// Return HTTP 201 with the new object in the message (entity) body
// Notice how to create the URI for the required "Location" header
var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.Id });
return(Created(uri, addedItem));
}
public CourseBase CourseAdd(CourseAdd newItem)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
