From df6838dc7c28c3113ee73dc065b70fc87cfacccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gracealfon <grcalfon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:35:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] new backend feature

---
 .gitignore                                 |  1 +
 MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs | 17 ++++++++++++
 MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostDto.cs          | 13 +++++++++
 MyFirstBlog/Entities/Post.cs               |  1 +
 MyFirstBlog/Helpers/DataContext.cs         | 31 +++++++++++-----------
 MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs        |  7 +++++
 6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostDto.cs

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a868930..01b67cae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ riderModule.iml
 /_ReSharper.Caches/
 .fake
 .vscode
+/.vs
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
index 8fa6bf2c..fa6255cc 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
@@ -31,4 +31,21 @@ public ActionResult<PostDto> GetPost(string slug) {
 
         return post;
     }
+
+    // POST /posts
+    [HttpPost]
+    public IActionResult CreatePost([FromBody] PostDto postDto)
+    {
+        // simple validation
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(postDto.Title))
+        {
+            return BadRequest(new { errors = new[] { "Title cannot be blank" } });
+        }
+
+        // use the service to create post
+        var createdPost = _postService.CreatePost(postDto);
+
+        // return 201 Created with the new post
+        return Created("", new { post = new { createdPost.Title, createdPost.Body } });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostDto.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostDto.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cfc9e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Dtos/CreatePostDto.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace MyFirstBlog.Dtos;
+
+public class CreatePostDto
+{
+    public string Title
+    {
+        get; set;
+    }
+    public string Description
+    {
+        get; set;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Entities/Post.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Entities/Post.cs
index 9347e859..bc0b8c8e 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Entities/Post.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Entities/Post.cs
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ public record Post {
     public string Slug { get; init; } = default!;
     public string Body { get; init; } = default!;
     public DateTime CreatedDate { get; init; }
+    public string Description { get; init; } = default!;
 }
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Helpers/DataContext.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Helpers/DataContext.cs
index 60ad2bfc..0b3ef1a0 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Helpers/DataContext.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Helpers/DataContext.cs
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-namespace MyFirstBlog.Helpers;
-
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using MyFirstBlog.Entities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
-
-public class DataContext : DbContext
+namespace MyFirstBlog.Helpers
 {
-    protected readonly IConfiguration Configuration;
-
-    public DataContext(IConfiguration configuration)
+    public class DataContext : DbContext
     {
-        Configuration = configuration;
-    }
+        protected readonly IConfiguration Configuration;
 
-    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
-    {
-        options.UseNpgsql(ConnectionHelper.GetConnectionString(Configuration));
-    }
+        public DataContext(IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            Configuration = configuration;
+        }
 
-    public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
+        {
+            options.UseNpgsql(ConnectionHelper.GetConnectionString(Configuration));
+        }
+
+        public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
index 6bac099f..fa59820f 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public interface IPostService
 {
     IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts();
     PostDto GetPost(String slug);
+    void AddPost(Post post);
 }
 
 public class PostService : IPostService
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ public PostDto GetPost(string slug)
         return getPost(slug).AsDto();
     }
 
+    public void AddPost(Post post)
+    {
+        _context.Posts.Add(post);
+        _context.SaveChanges();
+    }
+
     private Post getPost(string slug)
     {
         return _context.Posts.Where(a=>a.Slug==slug.ToString()).SingleOrDefault();