Create a new post

lidimayra · lidimayra · commit 415ed6d9c2e9 · 2025-01-10T00:42:46.000Z
Add a form to blog/new.html containing Post fields (title and content)
and adjust blog controller to handle its creation using JPA Repository.
diff --git a/myapp/src/main/java/com/example/myapp/BlogController.java b/myapp/src/main/java/com/example/myapp/BlogController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.example.myapp;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
@@ -8,6 +9,10 @@
 
 @Controller
 public class BlogController {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private PostRepository postRepository;
+
     @GetMapping("/posts")
     public String listPosts() {
         return "blog/index";
@@ -19,9 +24,9 @@ public String newPost() {
     }
 
     @PostMapping("/posts")
-    public String createPost() {
-        //TODO: logic responsible for saving a post
-        return null;
+    public String createPost(Post post) {
+        postRepository.save(post);
+        return "redirect:/posts";
     }
 
     @GetMapping("/posts/{postId}")
diff --git a/myapp/src/main/resources/templates/blog/new.html b/myapp/src/main/resources/templates/blog/new.html
@@ -1 +1,15 @@
-<p>New Post</p>
+<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "http://www.thymeleaf.org/dtd/xhtml1-strict-thymeleaf-4.dtd">
+
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+    <body>
+        <p>New Post</p>
+        <form method="POST" action="/posts">
+            <label for="title">Title:</label>
+            <input type="text" name="title" size="50"></input><br/>
+            <label for="content">Content:</label><br/>
+            <textarea name="content" cols="80" rows="5">
+                </textarea><br/>
+            <input type="submit"></input>
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>
