Non lazy loading - asp.net

Question

i have a model looks like this.
public class TradeModel
{
public int id { get; set; }
public BaseProductModel baseProduct { get; set; }
public string productDescription { get; set; }
public List<byte[]> images { get; set; }
public int price { get; set; }
// Date infos
public DateTime estimatedShippingDate { get; set; }
}
What i want to do is. when i call post request i want to send an id of an existing baseProduct not the entire baseProductForm and that being created.
ive tried
[Required]
public int baseProductId { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("baseProductId")]
public virtual BaseProductModel baseProduct { get; set; }
something like this, but seems to be not working.
any possible solutions?

Answer 1

Your model:
public class TradeModel
{
public int id { get; set; }
public int baseProductId { get; set; }
public virtual BaseProductModel baseProduct { get; set; }
public string productDescription { get; set; }
public List<byte[]> images { get; set; }
public int price { get; set; }
// Date infos
public DateTime estimatedShippingDate { get; set; }
}
Your ViewModel:
public class TradeViewModel
{
public int id { get; set; }
public int baseProductId { get; set; }
public string productDescription { get; set; }
public List<byte[]> images { get; set; }
public int price { get; set; }
// Date infos
public DateTime estimatedShippingDate { get; set; }
}
Now you can pass only the baseProductId:
public IActionResult(TradeViewModel model)
{
// Your form will contain only the id anyway so the method below should work.
// Replace that with your actual context
//dbcontext.Trades.Add(new TradeModel { ... });
}