Web API Likes controller

Web API Likes

//StartupEventHandler.cs

using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Web;

namespace Training.Site.EventHandlers
{
    public class StartupEventHandler : IApplicationEventHandler
    {
        public void OnApplicationStarting(UmbracoApplication httpApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        {
            RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
                );
        }

        public void OnApplicationInitialized(UmbracoApplication httpApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        { }

        public void OnApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplication httpApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
        { }
    }
}


//LikesController.cs (call like: /api/Likes?statusId=1234

using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Http;

namespace Training.Site.BaseExtensions
{
    public class LikesController : ApiController
    {
        public int Get(int statusId)
        {
            var cs = Umbraco.Core.ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;
            var post = cs.GetById(statusId);

            int numberOfLikes;
            var currentLikes = post.GetValue("likes").ToString();
            int.TryParse(currentLikes, out numberOfLikes);
            numberOfLikes = numberOfLikes + 1;

            post.SetValue("likes", numberOfLikes);
            cs.SaveAndPublish(post, 0);

            return numberOfLikes;
        }
    }
}