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sidebar_position: 5
title: Creation of the add model
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## Add model

In order to add an element we will create an object representing our item.

For this in create a new class `Models/ItemModel.cs`, this class will include all the information of our API object.

We will also add a property so that the user accepts the conditions of addition.

Similarly, annotations will be present to validate the fields of our forms.

```csharp title="Models/ItemModel.cs"
public class ItemModel
{ 
	public int Id { get; set; }
	
	[Required]
	[StringLength(50, ErrorMessage = "The display name must not exceed 50 characters.")]
	public string DisplayName { get; set; }

	[Required]
	[StringLength(50, ErrorMessage = "The name must not exceed 50 characters.")]
    [RegularExpression(@"^[a-z''-'\s]{1,40}$", ErrorMessage = "Only lowercase characters are accepted.")]
	public string Name { get; set; }

	[Required]
    [Range(1, 64)]
	public int StackSize { get; set; }

	[Required]
    [Range(1, 125)]
	public int MaxDurability { get; set; }

	public List<string> EnchantCategories { get; set; }
	
	public List<string> RepairWith { get; set; }
	
	[Required]
	[Range(typeof(bool), "true", "true", ErrorMessage = "You must agree to the terms.")]
	public bool AcceptCondition { get; set; }

	[Required(ErrorMessage = "The image of the item is mandatory!")]
	public byte[] ImageContent { get; set; }
}
```

## Concept: Data Annotation

### Validation attributes

Validation attributes allow you to specify validation rules for model properties.

The following example shows a model class that is annotated with validation attributes.
The `[ClassicMovie]` attribute is a custom validation attribute, and the others are predefined.

```csharp
public class Movie
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(100)]
    public string Title { get; set; }

    [ClassicMovie(1960)]
    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    [Display(Name = "Release Date")]
    public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(1000)]
    public string Description { get; set; }

    [Range(0, 999.99)]
    public decimal Price { get; set; }

    public Genre Genre { get; set; }

    public bool Preorder { get; set; }
}
```

### Attributs prédéfinis

Here are some of the predefined validation attributes:
* `[ValidateNever]`: ValidateNeverAttribute Indicates that a property or parameter should be excluded from validation.
* `[CreditCard]`: Checks that the property has a credit card format. Requires additional jQuery validation methods.
* `[Compare]`: Validates that two properties of a model match.
* `[EmailAddress]`: Checks that the property has an email format.
* `[Phone]`: Checks that the property has a phone number format.
* `[Range]`: Checks that the property value is within a specified range.
* `[RegularExpression]`: Validates that the property value matches a specified regular expression.
* `[Required]`: Checks that the field is not null. For more information on the behavior of this attribute, see [Required] attribute.
* `[StringLength]`: Validates that a property value of type String does not exceed a specified length limit.
* `[Url]`: Checks that the property has a URL format.
* `[Remote]`: Validates input on the client by calling an action method on the server. For more information on the behavior of this attribute, see [Remote] attribute.

You can find the full list of validation attributes in the [System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations](https://docs.microsoft.com/fr-fr/dotnet/api/system.componentmodel.dataannotations) namespace.

### Error Messages

Validation attributes allow you to specify the error message to display for invalid input. For instance :

```csharp
[StringLength(8, ErrorMessage = "Name length can't be more than 8.")]
```

Internally the attributes call `String.Format` with a placeholder for the field name and sometimes other placeholders. For instance :

```csharp
[StringLength(8, ErrorMessage = "{0} length must be between {2} and {1}.", MinimumLength = 6)]
```

Applied to a `Name` property, the error message created by the previous code would be "Name length must be between 6 and 8".

To find out what parameters are passed to `String.Format` for the error message of a particular attribute, see the [DataAnnotations source code](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/main/src /libraries/System.ComponentModel.Annotations/src/System/ComponentModel/DataAnnotations).

### Custom attributes

For scenarios not handled by the predefined validation attributes, you can create custom validation attributes. Create a class that inherits from ValidationAttribute and override the IsValid method.

The `IsValid` method accepts an object named value, which is the input to validate. An overload also accepts a `ValidationContext` object, which provides additional information such as the model instance created by the model binding.

The following example checks that the release date of a movie belonging to the Classic genre is not later than a specified year. The `[ClassicMovie]` attribute:
* Runs only on the server.
* For classic films, validate the publication date:

```csharp
public class ClassicMovieAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
    public ClassicMovieAttribute(int year)
    {
        Year = year;
    }

    public int Year { get; }

    public string GetErrorMessage() =>
        $"Classic movies must have a release year no later than {Year}.";

    protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value,
        ValidationContext validationContext)
    {
        var movie = (Movie)validationContext.ObjectInstance;
        var releaseYear = ((DateTime)value).Year;

        if (movie.Genre == Genre.Classic && releaseYear > Year)
        {
            return new ValidationResult(GetErrorMessage());
        }

        return ValidationResult.Success;
    }
}
```

The `movie` variable in the previous example represents a `Movie` object that contains the form submission data. When validation fails, a `ValidationResult` with an error message is returned.