improved samples with new auto-convert apis

Author: iJungleboy

App_Data/app.xml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<SexyContent FileVersion="07.00.00" MinimumRequiredVersion="07.04.02" ModuleVersion="16.00.00" ExportDate="2023-05-05T14:29:25.6015329+02:00">
+<SexyContent FileVersion="07.00.00" MinimumRequiredVersion="07.04.02" ModuleVersion="16.00.00" ExportDate="2023-05-05T18:43:46.4070429+02:00">
   <Header>
     <App Guid="efe3b9cf-1382-40b3-bee2-34becb5351bc" />
     <Language Default="en-us" />

api/BooksController.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using DotNetNuke.Web.Api;                 // [DnnModuleAuthorize] & [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
 #endif
 using System.Linq;        // this enables .Select(x => ...)
+using ToSic.Sxc.WebApi;   // For the [JsonFormatter] (see below)
 using ToSic.Eav.DataFormats.EavLight; // For Auto-Conversion (see below)
 
 [AllowAnonymous]                          // all commands can be accessed without a login
@@ -30,15 +31,22 @@ public dynamic Persons()
       });
   }
 
-  [HttpGet]                               // [HttpGet] says we're listening to GET requests
+  [HttpGet]
+  [JsonFormatter]                           // this will auto-convert Entities to JSON
   public dynamic PersonsAuto()
   {
-    // 2sxclint:disable:v14-no-getservice
-    var json = GetService<IConvertToEavLight>();
-    return json.Convert(App.Data["Persons"]);
+    return App.Data["Persons"];
   }
 
-  [HttpGet]                               // [HttpGet] says we're listening to GET requests
+  [HttpGet]
+  [JsonFormatter(Casing = Casing.Preserve)] // auto-convert but preserve casing
+  public dynamic PersonsAutoPreserveCasing()
+  {
+    return App.Data["Persons"];
+  }
+  
+
+  [HttpGet]
   public dynamic Books()
   {
     return AsList(App.Data["Books"])

formulas/200 rest and webapi.cshtml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       Formulas can retrieve data from WebAPIs and REST. 
       We have various examples of this on other pages, so this page will just repeat the examples from those page. 
     </p>
-    @* @Html.Partial("./Part NowUsingV2.cshtml") *@
+    @Html.Partial("./Part NowUsingV2.cshtml")
   </div>
 </div>
 

formulas/Part NowUsingV2.cshtml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @inherits Custom.Hybrid.Razor14
 
 <div class="alert alert-success">
-  <strong>Important: Now using v2 Formulas</strong>
+  <strong>Important: Now using Formulas V2 🆕 in 2sxc 16</strong>
   <br>
-  The following samples now use the v2 formulas 🆕 in 2sxc 16.
+  Formulas V2 has intellisense, stoppability, support for promises and more.
 </div>

webapi/310-app-data.cshtml

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
       <p>In this example, we'll get app-data from the WebApi.</p>
 
       <p>Click to see the result of a WebApi call with the shared code:</p>
-    </div>
+
+      @Html.Partial("./Part NowUsingJsonFormatter.cshtml")
   </div>
+</div>
 
 
 
@@ -27,9 +29,14 @@
   </button> 
   <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="getBooks(this)">
     Get Books Custom
-  </button> 
+  </button>
+  <br>
+  <br>
   <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="getPersonsAuto(this)">
-    Get Persons with Auto-Convert
+    Persons with Auto-Convert
+  </button> 
+  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="getPersonsAutoPreserveCasing(this)">
+    Persons with Auto-Convert, preserve casing
   </button> 
     @* 2sxclint:disable:no-inline-script *@
   <script>
@@ -53,13 +60,24 @@
     }
     function getPersonsAuto(moduleContext) {
       $2sxc(moduleContext).webApi.fetchJson('books/personsAuto')
+        .then(function(results) {
+          alert('On WebApi with Auto-Convert: Found ' + results.length + ' persons. \n'
+            + 'The first one is "' + results[0].firstName + ' ' + results[0].lastName + '"\n\n'
+            + 'The raw JSON: \n' + JSON.stringify(results)
+          );
+        });
+    }
+
+    function getPersonsAutoPreserveCasing(moduleContext) {
+      $2sxc(moduleContext).webApi.fetchJson('books/PersonsAutoPreserveCasing')
         .then(function(results) {
           alert('On WebApi with Auto-Convert: Found ' + results.length + ' persons. \n'
             + 'The first one is "' + results[0].FirstName + ' ' + results[0].LastName + '"\n\n'
             + 'The raw JSON: \n' + JSON.stringify(results)
           );
         });
     }
+    
   </script>
 @Sys.SourceCode.ResultEnd("file:../api/BooksController.cs")
 

webapi/Part NowUsingJsonFormatter.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@inherits Custom.Hybrid.Razor14
+
+<div class="alert alert-success">
+  <strong>Important: WebApi using <code>[JsonFormatter]</code> 🆕 in 2sxc 16</strong>
+  <br>
+  The <code>[JsonFormatter]</code> has a few effects.
+  It auto-defaults to camelCase (but you can modify this if you need to preserve casing).
+  It will also auto-convert entities to a standard JSON format.
+</div>