fixes around id types

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+\.vs/

Build.ps1

@@ -4,5 +4,14 @@ $revision = "{0:D4}" -f [convert]::ToInt32($revision, 10)
 dotnet restore .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore\JsonApiDotNetCore.csproj
 dotnet build .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release
 
-If($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG) { dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts }
-Else { dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts --version-suffix=$revision }
+echo "APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG: $env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG"
+echo "VERSION-SUFFIX: alpha1-$revision"
+
+If($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG -eq $true) {
+    echo "RUNNING dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts "
+    dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts 
+}
+Else { 
+    echo "RUNNING dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts --version-suffix=alpha1-$revision"
+    dotnet pack .\src\JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o .\artifacts --version-suffix=alpha1-$revision 
+}

JsonApiDotnetCore.sln

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio 15
+VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26228.4
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "JsonApiDotNetCore", "src\JsonApiDotNetCore\JsonApiDotNetCore.csproj", "{C0EC9E70-EB2E-436F-9D94-FA16FA774123}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "JsonApiDotNetCoreExample", "src\JsonApiDotNetCoreExample\JsonApiDotNetCoreExample.csproj", "{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "src", "src", "{7A2B7ADD-ECB5-4D00-AA6A-D45BD11C97CF}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "test", "test", "{24B15015-62E5-42E1-9BA0-ECE6BE7AA15F}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests", "test\JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests\JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj", "{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{C5B4D998-CECB-454D-9F32-085A897577BE}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		.gitignore = .gitignore
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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+		{C0EC9E70-EB2E-436F-9D94-FA16FA774123}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C0EC9E70-EB2E-436F-9D94-FA16FA774123}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{C0EC9E70-EB2E-436F-9D94-FA16FA774123}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(NestedProjects) = preSolution
+		{C0EC9E70-EB2E-436F-9D94-FA16FA774123} = {7A2B7ADD-ECB5-4D00-AA6A-D45BD11C97CF}
+		{97EE048B-16C0-43F6-BDA9-4E762B2F579F} = {7A2B7ADD-ECB5-4D00-AA6A-D45BD11C97CF}
+		{0B959765-40D2-43B5-87EE-FE2FEF9DBED5} = {24B15015-62E5-42E1-9BA0-ECE6BE7AA15F}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal

README.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ JsonApiDotnetCore provides a framework for building [json:api](http://jsonapi.or
 	- [Filtering](#filtering)
 	- [Sorting](#sorting)
     - [Meta](#meta)
+    - [Client Generated Ids](#client-generated-ids)
 - [Tests](#tests)
 
 ## Comprehensive Demo
@@ -342,6 +343,20 @@ public class Person : Identifiable<int>, IHasMeta
 }
 ```
 
+### Client Generated Ids
+
+By default, the server will respond with a `403 Forbidden` HTTP Status Code if a `POST` request is
+received with a client generated id. However, this can be allowed by setting the `AllowClientGeneratedIds`
+flag in the options:
+
+```csharp
+services.AddJsonApi<AppDbContext>(opt =>
+{
+    opt.AllowClientGeneratedIds = true;
+    // ..
+});
+```
+
 ## Tests
 
 I am using DotNetCoreDocs to generate sample requests and documentation.

build.sh

@@ -3,19 +3,8 @@
 #exit if any command fails
 set -e
 
-artifactsFolder="./artifacts"
-
-if [ -d $artifactsFolder ]; then
-  rm -R $artifactsFolder
-fi
-
 dotnet restore ./src/JsonApiDotNetCore/JsonApiDotNetCore.csproj
 dotnet restore ./src/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample.csproj
 dotnet restore ./test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj
 
-dotnet test ./test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj
-
-revision=${TRAVIS_JOB_ID:=1}
-revision=$(printf "%04d" $revision)
-
-dotnet pack ./src/JsonApiDotNetCore -c Release -o ./artifacts --version-suffix=$revision
+dotnet test ./test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests.csproj

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Builders/DocumentBuilder.cs

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private DocumentData _getData(ContextEntity contextEntity, IIdentifiable entity)
             var data = new DocumentData
             {
                 Type = contextEntity.EntityName,
-                Id = entity.Id.ToString()
+                Id = entity.StringId
             };
 
             if (_jsonApiContext.IsRelationshipData)
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ private void _addRelationships(DocumentData data, ContextEntity contextEntity, I
                 {
                     Links = new Links
                     {
-                        Self = linkBuilder.GetSelfRelationLink(contextEntity.EntityName, entity.Id.ToString(), r.InternalRelationshipName),
-                        Related = linkBuilder.GetRelatedRelationLink(contextEntity.EntityName, entity.Id.ToString(), r.InternalRelationshipName)
+                        Self = linkBuilder.GetSelfRelationLink(contextEntity.EntityName, entity.StringId, r.InternalRelationshipName),
+                        Related = linkBuilder.GetRelatedRelationLink(contextEntity.EntityName, entity.StringId, r.InternalRelationshipName)
                     }
                 };
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ private DocumentData _getIncludedEntity(IIdentifiable entity)
             var data = new DocumentData
             {
                 Type = contextEntity.EntityName,
-                Id = entity.Id.ToString()
+                Id = entity.StringId
             };
 
             data.Attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ private List<Dictionary<string, string>> _getRelationships(IEnumerable<object> e
             {
                 relationships.Add(new Dictionary<string, string> {
                     {"type", typeName.EntityName.Dasherize() },
-                    {"id", ((IIdentifiable)entity).Id.ToString() }
+                    {"id", ((IIdentifiable)entity).StringId }
                 });
             }
             return relationships;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ private Dictionary<string, string> _getRelationship(object entity, string relati
 
             return new Dictionary<string, string> {
                     {"type", typeName.EntityName.Dasherize() },
-                    {"id", ((IIdentifiable)entity).Id.ToString() }
+                    {"id", ((IIdentifiable)entity).StringId }
                 };
         }
     }

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ public class JsonApiOptions
         public string Namespace { get; set; }
         public int DefaultPageSize { get; set; }
         public bool IncludeTotalRecordCount { get; set; }
+        public bool AllowClientGeneratedIds { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Controllers/JsonApiController.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Controllers
 {
-    public class JsonApiController<T> 
+    public class JsonApiController<T>
     : JsonApiController<T, int> where T : class, IIdentifiable<int>
     {
         public JsonApiController(
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public JsonApiController(
         { }
     }
 
-    public class JsonApiController<T, TId> 
+    public class JsonApiController<T, TId>
     : JsonApiControllerMixin where T : class, IIdentifiable<TId>
     {
         private readonly IEntityRepository<T, TId> _entities;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public virtual async Task<IActionResult> GetAsync()
         public virtual async Task<IActionResult> GetAsync(TId id)
         {
             T entity;
-            if(_jsonApiContext.QuerySet?.IncludedRelationships != null)
+            if (_jsonApiContext.QuerySet?.IncludedRelationships != null)
                 entity = await _getWithRelationshipsAsync(id);
             else
                 entity = await _entities.GetAsync(id);
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ public virtual async Task<IActionResult> PostAsync([FromBody] T entity)
                 return UnprocessableEntity();
             }
 
-            var stringId = entity.Id.ToString();
-            if(stringId.Length > 0 && stringId != "0")
+            if (!_jsonApiContext.Options.AllowClientGeneratedIds && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(entity.StringId))
                 return Forbidden();
 
             await _entities.CreateAsync(entity);
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ public virtual async Task<IActionResult> PatchAsync(TId id, [FromBody] T entity)
 
             var updatedEntity = await _entities.UpdateAsync(id, entity);
 
-            if(updatedEntity == null)  return NotFound();
+            if (updatedEntity == null) return NotFound();
 
             return Ok(updatedEntity);
         }
@@ -185,12 +184,12 @@ public virtual async Task<IActionResult> PatchRelationshipsAsync(TId id, string
                 .Relationships
                 .FirstOrDefault(r => r.InternalRelationshipName == relationshipName);
 
-            var relationshipIds = relationships.Select(r=>r.Id);
-            
+            var relationshipIds = relationships.Select(r => r.Id);
+
             await _entities.UpdateRelationshipsAsync(entity, relationship, relationshipIds);
 
             return Ok();
-            
+
         }
 
         [HttpDelete("{id}")]
@@ -208,14 +207,14 @@ private IQueryable<T> ApplySortAndFilterQuery(IQueryable<T> entities)
         {
             var query = _jsonApiContext.QuerySet;
 
-            if(_jsonApiContext.QuerySet == null)
+            if (_jsonApiContext.QuerySet == null)
                 return entities;
 
-            if(query.Filters.Count > 0)
-                foreach(var filter in query.Filters)
+            if (query.Filters.Count > 0)
+                foreach (var filter in query.Filters)
                     entities = _entities.Filter(entities, filter);
 
-            if(query.SortParameters != null && query.SortParameters.Count > 0)
+            if (query.SortParameters != null && query.SortParameters.Count > 0)
                 entities = _entities.Sort(entities, query.SortParameters);
 
             return entities;
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ private IQueryable<T> ApplySortAndFilterQuery(IQueryable<T> entities)
         private async Task<IEnumerable<T>> ApplyPageQueryAsync(IQueryable<T> entities)
         {
             var pageManager = _jsonApiContext.PageManager;
-            if(!pageManager.IsPaginated)
+            if (!pageManager.IsPaginated)
                 return entities;
 
             var query = _jsonApiContext.QuerySet?.PageQuery ?? new PageQuery();
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ private IQueryable<T> IncludeRelationships(IQueryable<T> entities, List<string>
         {
             _jsonApiContext.IncludedRelationships = relationships;
 
-            foreach(var r in relationships)
+            foreach (var r in relationships)
                 entities = _entities.Include(entities, r.ToProperCase());
 
             return entities;

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Formatters/JsonApiInputFormatter.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Formatters
 {
@@ -37,13 +38,15 @@ public Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
             var loggerFactory = GetService<ILoggerFactory>(context);
             var logger = loggerFactory?.CreateLogger<JsonApiInputFormatter>();
 
+            var dbContext = GetService<DbContext>(context);
+
             try
             {
                 var body = GetRequestBody(context.HttpContext.Request.Body);
                 var jsonApiContext = GetService<IJsonApiContext>(context);
                 var model = jsonApiContext.IsRelationshipPath ? 
                     JsonApiDeSerializer.DeserializeRelationship(body, jsonApiContext) :
-                    JsonApiDeSerializer.Deserialize(body, jsonApiContext);
+                    JsonApiDeSerializer.Deserialize(body, jsonApiContext, dbContext);
 
                 if(model == null)
                     logger?.LogError("An error occurred while de-serializing the payload");

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Generics/GenericProcessor.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Extensions;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Models;
@@ -18,21 +16,26 @@ public GenericProcessor(DbContext context)
         }
 
         public async Task UpdateRelationshipsAsync(object parent, RelationshipAttribute relationship, IEnumerable<string> relationshipIds)
+        {
+            SetRelationships(parent, relationship, relationshipIds);
+
+            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        public void SetRelationships(object parent, RelationshipAttribute relationship, IEnumerable<string> relationshipIds)
         {
             var relationshipType = relationship.Type;
 
-            if(relationship.IsHasMany)
+            if (relationship.IsHasMany)
             {
-                var entities = _context.GetDbSet<T>().Where(x => relationshipIds.Contains(x.Id.ToString())).ToList();
+                var entities = _context.GetDbSet<T>().Where(x => relationshipIds.Contains(x.StringId)).ToList();
                 relationship.SetValue(parent, entities);
             }
             else
             {
-                var entity = _context.GetDbSet<T>().SingleOrDefault(x => relationshipIds.First() == x.Id.ToString());
+                var entity = _context.GetDbSet<T>().SingleOrDefault(x => relationshipIds.First() == x.StringId);
                 relationship.SetValue(parent, entity);
-            }            
-
-            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Generics/IGenericProcessor.cs

@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal
     public interface IGenericProcessor
     {
         Task UpdateRelationshipsAsync(object parent, RelationshipAttribute relationship, IEnumerable<string> relationshipIds);
+        void SetRelationships(object parent, RelationshipAttribute relationship, IEnumerable<string> relationshipIds);
     }
 }

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/TypeHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal
+{
+    public static class TypeHelper
+    {
+        public static object ConvertType(object value, Type type)
+        {
+            if(value == null)
+                return null;
+
+            if (type.GetTypeInfo().IsGenericType && type.GetGenericTypeDefinition().Equals(typeof(Nullable<>)))
+                type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);            
+
+            var stringValue = value.ToString();
+
+            if(type == typeof(Guid))
+                return Guid.Parse(stringValue);
+
+            return Convert.ChangeType(stringValue, type);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/JsonApiDotNetCore.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.1.1</VersionPrefix>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>JsonApiDotNetCore</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>JsonApiDotNetCore</PackageId>

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Models/IIdentifiable.cs

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Models
 {
     public interface IIdentifiable
     {
-        object Id { get; set; }
+        string StringId { get; set; }
     }
 
     public interface IIdentifiable<T> : IIdentifiable
     {
-        new T Id { get; set; }
+        T Id { get; set; }
     }
 }