public ActionResult Create(CoursePostViewModel course)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//saving image
var image = new WebImage(course.File.InputStream);
var imageName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + "." + image.ImageFormat;
var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Content/Images"), WebSecurity.CurrentUserName, "Courses");
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
path = Path.Combine(path, imageName);
image.Save(path);
//saving course
var dbCourse = ViewModelIntoEntity(course);
dbCourse.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now;
dbCourse.LastModifiedDate = DateTime.Now;
dbCourse.Published = false;
dbCourse.ImageName = imageName;
dbCourse.ImageUrl = Path.Combine("~/Content/Images", WebSecurity.CurrentUserName, "Courses", imageName);
db.Courses.Add(dbCourse);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Courses", "Dashboard");
}
ViewBag.CategoryId = new SelectList(db.Categories, "Id", "Name", course.CategoryId);
ViewBag.InstructorId = WebSecurity.CurrentUserId;
return View(course);
}
private Course ViewModelIntoEntity(CoursePostViewModel viewModel)
{
return new Course()
{
Name = viewModel.Name,
Description = viewModel.Description,
CategoryId = viewModel.CategoryId,
InstructorId = viewModel.InstructorId
};
}