How do I map an OData query against a DTO to another entity?

Question

My question is very similar to this one: How do I map an OData query against a DTO to an EF entity? I have a simple setup to test the ASP.NET Web API OData V4 $filter functi

Answer 1

I found a solution without using AutoMapper.

The ProductsController now looks like this:

public class ProductsController : ApiController
{
    public IEnumerable Get(ODataQueryOptions q)
    {
        IQueryable products = this._products.AsQueryable();

        IEdmModel model = GetModel();
        IEdmType type = model.FindDeclaredType("TestAPI.Models.Product");
        IEdmNavigationSource source = model.FindDeclaredEntitySet("Products");
        ODataQueryOptionParser parser = new ODataQueryOptionParser(model, type, source, new Dictionary { { "$filter", q.Filter.RawValue } });
        ODataQueryContext context = new ODataQueryContext(model, typeof(Product), q.Context.Path);
        FilterQueryOption filter = new FilterQueryOption(q.Filter.RawValue, context, parser);

        if (filter != null) products = filter.ApplyTo(products, new ODataQuerySettings()) as IQueryable;
        return products.Select(p => new ProductDTO(p));
    }
}

The WebApiConfig:

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        …
        IEdmModel model = GetModel();
        config.MapODataServiceRoute("*", "*", model);
    }

    private static IEdmModel GetModel()
    {
        ODataModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
        EntitySetConfiguration product = builder.EntitySet("Products");
        product.EntityType.Name = "Product";
        product.EntityType.Namespace = "TestAPI.Models";
        product.EntityType.Property(p => p.Name).Name = "DisplayName";
        product.EntityType.Property(p => p.Level).Name = "DisplayLevel";
        return builder.GetEdmModel();
    }
}