JSON POSTs

.gitignore

@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /obj
 /UpgradeLog.htm
 .vs/config/applicationhost.config
+NotebookAppApi.csproj.user

Controllers/NotesController.cs

@@ -21,33 +21,30 @@ public NotesController(INoteRepository noteRepository)
 
         [NoCache]
         [HttpGet]
-        public Task<IEnumerable<Note>> Get()
-        {
-            return GetNoteInternal();
-        }
-
-        private async Task<IEnumerable<Note>> GetNoteInternal()
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<Note>> Get()
         {
             return await _noteRepository.GetAllNotes();
         }
 
         // GET api/notes/5
         [HttpGet("{id}")]
-        public Task<Note> Get(string id)
-        {
-            return GetNoteByIdInternal(id);
-        }
-
-        private async Task<Note> GetNoteByIdInternal(string id)
+        public async Task<Note> Get(string id)
         {
             return await _noteRepository.GetNote(id) ?? new Note();
         }
 
         // POST api/notes
         [HttpPost]
-        public void Post([FromBody]string value)
+        public void Post([FromBody] NoteParam newNote)
         {
-            _noteRepository.AddNote(new Note() { Body = value, CreatedOn = DateTime.Now, UpdatedOn = DateTime.Now });
+            _noteRepository.AddNote(new Note
+                                        {
+                                            Id = newNote.Id,
+                                            Body = newNote.Body,
+                                            CreatedOn = DateTime.Now,
+                                            UpdatedOn = DateTime.Now,
+                                            UserId = newNote.UserId
+                                        });
         }
 
         // PUT api/notes/5

Controllers/SystemController.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 using NotebookAppApi.Interfaces;
 using NotebookAppApi.Model;
 
-// For more information on enabling Web API for empty projects, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=397860
-
 namespace NotebookAppApi.Controllers
 {
     [Route("api/[controller]")]

Data/NoteRepository.cs

@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<Note>> GetAllNotes()
             }
         }
 
+        // query after internal or internal id
+        //
         public async Task<Note> GetNote(string id)
         {
-            var filter = Builders<Note>.Filter.Eq("Id", id);
-
             try
             {
+                ObjectId internalId = GetInternalId(id);
                 return await _context.Notes
-                                .Find(filter)
+                                .Find(note => note.Id == id || note.InternalId == internalId)
                                 .FirstOrDefaultAsync();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ public async Task<Note> GetNote(string id)
             }
         }
 
+        private ObjectId GetInternalId(string id)
+        {
+            ObjectId internalId;
+            if (!ObjectId.TryParse(id, out internalId))
+                internalId = ObjectId.Empty;
+
+            return internalId;
+        }
+
         public async Task AddNote(Note item)
         {
             try

Model/Note.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 using System;
+using MongoDB.Bson;
 using MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes;
 
 namespace NotebookAppApi.Model
 {
     public class Note
     {
         [BsonId]
-        public string Id { get; set; }
-        public string Body { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public ObjectId InternalId { get; set; }                // standard BSonId generated by MongoDb
+        public string Id { get; set; }                          // external Id, easier to reference: 1,2,3 etc. 
+        public string Body { get; set; } = string.Empty;        
         public DateTime UpdatedOn { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
         public DateTime CreatedOn { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
         public int UserId { get; set; } = 0;

Model/NoteParam.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace NotebookAppApi.Model
+{
+    public class NoteParam
+    {
+        public string Id { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string Body { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public int UserId { get; set; } = 0;
+    }
+}

NotebookAppApi.csproj

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.4.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>