Create to database using web api - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am trying to insert a new entry in my database using web api. I have two web projects: one is a UI project where all the user interaction will occur and the other is a services project which will handle all interactions with my database.
Below is my post method that will take in form data for creating a new team.
// POST: Api/Team/Create
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(Team team)
{
try
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
HttpEndPointContext httpEndPoint = new HttpEndPointContext()
{
AuthenticationMethod = HttpAuthenticationMethods.None,
Ssl = false,
HttpMethod = HttpMethod.Post,
Path = "localhost:32173/api/team/",
QueryStrings = null,
PayloadData = SerializationHelper.Current.Serialize(team.ToString(), SerializationTypes.Xml)
};
IProcessResult result = HttpConnectionManager.Current.SendMessage(httpEndPoint);
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
catch
{
return View();
}
}
And this is my method for dealing with my PayloadStream/PayloadData attribute in the above method:
private void StreamPayload(HttpWebRequest webRequest, HttpEndPointContext httpEndPointContext)
{
if (httpEndPointContext.HttpMethod == new HttpMethod("GET"))
return;
//TODO: FIX MAYBE .... sometimes we want to post body with GET.
//Stream vs string
if (httpEndPointContext.PayloadStream == null)
{
//Wrap with SOAP Envelope and method if defined in SoapDefinition
string data = httpEndPointContext.PayloadData ?? String.Empty;
if (httpEndPointContext.SoapDefinition != null)
{
//If parameters is set, clear existing payload data.
data = String.Empty;
if (httpEndPointContext.SoapDefinition.Parameters != null)
foreach (var parameter in httpEndPointContext.SoapDefinition.Parameters)
{
data += String.Format("<{0}>{1}</{0}>", parameter.Key, parameter.Value);
}
data = String.Format("<s:Envelope xmlns:s='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>" +
"<s:Body><{0} xmlns='{2}'>" +
"{1}</{0}></s:Body></s:Envelope>",
httpEndPointContext.SoapDefinition.SoapMethod, data,httpEndPointContext.SoapDefinition.SoapGlobalKey);
}
byte[] byteArray = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
httpEndPointContext.PayloadStream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);
}
using (Stream requestStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
StreamHelper.Current.CopyStreams(httpEndPointContext.PayloadStream, requestStream);
requestStream.Close();
}
}
And the code for getting the server response. I'm currently getting an Internal Server (500) Error. Not sure why.
public IProcessResult SendMessage(HttpEndPointContext httpEndPointContext)
{
HttpWebRequest webRequest = CreateWebRequest(httpEndPointContext);
StreamPayload(webRequest, httpEndPointContext);
IProcessResult result = GetWebResponse(webRequest, httpEndPointContext);
return result;
}
private IProcessResult GetWebResponse(HttpWebRequest webRequest, HttpEndPointContext httpEndPointContext)
{
//Get Response
WebResponse response;
IProcessResult result = new ProcessResult(Statuses.Success);
try
{
response = webRequest.GetResponse();
}
catch (System.Net.WebException ex)
{
//Do exception handling. Still get the response for 500s etc.
result.Error.Exception = ex;
result.Status = Constants.Statuses.FailedUnknown;
result.ResponseCodeDescription = ex.Status.ToString();
result.ResponseCode = ex.Status.ToString();
result.Error.ErrorCode = ex.Status.ToString();
response = ex.Response;
//The error did not have any response, such as DNS lookup.
if (response == null)
return result;
}
try
{
//Get the response stream.
Stream responseData = response.GetResponseStream();
if (responseData == null)
throw new CoreException("No Response Data in GetWebResponse.",
"No Response Data in GetWebResponse. EndPoint:{0}", httpEndPointContext.ToString());
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
var reader = new StreamReader(responseData);
// Read the content.
result.ResponseData = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
finally
{
response.Close();
}
result.ResponseCode = ((int)((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusCode).ToString();
result.ResponseCodeDescription = ((HttpWebResponse) response).StatusDescription;
return result;
}
And finally, my method for inserting to the database, found in my services project:
//POST api/controller/5
public IProcessResult Insert(Team team)
{
return TeamBusinessManager.Current.Insert(SecurityManager.Current.ConnectionContext, new Team());
}
I'm confused as to why I'm getting the 500 error. I'm not sure if it's the PayloadData attribute in my POST method or is it something wrong with my method in my services project.