Exercise: Adding the Activities and Intensities API Endpoints

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Exercise: Adding the Activities and Intensities API Endpoints

Here are the requirements for the exercise:

Activities API Endpoint

• Add an API controller named ActivitiesController
• Add a controller action method to handle GET requests
  • The method should return a collection of resources representing the available activities
• Each returned activity resource should have an id and name property
• Use the ActivitiesRepository.GetList method to get a list of the available activities

Intensities API Endpoint

• Add an API controller named IntensitiesController
• Add a controller action method to handle GET requests
  • The method should return a collection of resources representing the available intensities
• Each returned intensity resource should have an id and name property
• Use the .NET Framework Enum.GetValues static method to enumerate the values of the Entry.IntensityLevel enumeration

Intensities Endpoint Hint

Here are a couple of hints in case you get stuck on how to get a list of intensities from the Entry.IntensityLevel enumeration.

Hint #1: Enum.GetValues Method

You can use the .NET Framework Enum.GetValues static method to enumerate the values of an enum. You can find the documentation for that method at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.enum.getvalues(v=vs.110).aspx.

Hint #2: Code Snippet

If the first hint didn't help, here's a code snippet that you can use to get a list of the available intensities:

var results = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Entry.IntensityLevel))
    .Cast<Entry.IntensityLevel>()
    .Select(il => new { id = (int)il, name = il.ToString() })
    .ToList();

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