the api to commit web interface changes to a channel works

Program.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson;
 using vassago.Models;
 
+#pragma warning disable CA2254
+
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IHostedService, vassago.ConsoleService>();
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<ChattingContext>();
+builder.Services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson();
+builder.Services.AddProblemDetails();
 builder.Services.Configure<RazorViewEngineOptions>(o => {
     o.ViewLocationFormats.Clear();
     o.ViewLocationFormats.Add("/WebInterface/Views/{1}/{0}" + RazorViewEngine.ViewExtension);
@@ -37,4 +42,12 @@ app.UseSwaggerUI(c =>
     c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "api");
 });
 
+app.UseExceptionHandler();
+app.UseStatusCodePages();
+
+if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+{
+    app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
+}
+
 app.Run();

WebInterface/Controllers/api/ChannelsControler.cs

@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ public class ChannelsController : ControllerBase
         return _db.Find<Channel>(id);
     }
 
-	[HttpPost]
+    [HttpPatch]
     [Produces("application/json")]
-	public Channel Post([FromBody] Channel channel)
+    public IActionResult Patch([FromBody] Channel channel)
     {
-		// Write logic to insert employee data
+        var fromDb = _db.Channels.Find(channel.Id);
-		return new Channel();
+        if (fromDb == null)
+		{
+			_logger.LogError($"attempt to update channel {channel.Id}, not found"); //ca2254 is moronic. maybe if it wasn't filed under "code quality" and instead was filed under "you didn't include a workaround for the weaknesses of other external junk" i'd be kinder to it ;)
+			return NotFound();
+        }
+		//settable values: lewdness filter level, meanness filter level. maybe i could decorate them... 
+		fromDb.LewdnessFilterLevel = channel.LewdnessFilterLevel;
+		fromDb.MeannessFilterLevel = channel.MeannessFilterLevel;
+		_db.SaveChanges();
+        return Ok(fromDb);
     }
 }

WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml

@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Lewdness Filter Level</th>
       <td>
-        <select name="LewdnessFilterLevel" id="LewdnessFilterLevel" onchange="postmodelupdate(jsonifyChannel())">
+        <select name="LewdnessFilterLevel" id="LewdnessFilterLevel" onchange="patchModel(jsonifyChannel())">
           <!option value="" @(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel == null ? "selected" : "")>inhereted</!option>
-          @foreach (Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel enumVal in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel)))
+          @foreach (Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel enumVal in
+          Enum.GetValues(typeof(Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel)))
           {
-            <!option value="@((int)enumVal)" @(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel == enumVal ? "selected" : "")>@(Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel>(enumVal))</!option>
+            <!option value="@((int)enumVal)" @(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel == enumVal ? "selected" : "")>
+              @(Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel>(enumVal))</!option>
           }
         </select>
       </td>
@@ -44,7 +46,17 @@
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Meanness Filter Level</th>
-      <td>@(Model.MeannessFilterLevel != null ? Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel>(Model.MeannessFilterLevel.GetValueOrDefault()) : "inherited")</td>
+      <td>
+        <select name="MeannessFilterLevel" id="MeannessFilterLevel" onchange="patchModel(jsonifyChannel())">
+          <!option value="" @(Model.MeannessFilterLevel == null ? "selected" : "")>⤵ inhereted</!option>
+          @foreach (Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel enumVal in
+          Enum.GetValues(typeof(Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel)))
+          {
+            <!option value="@((int)enumVal)" @(Model.MeannessFilterLevel == enumVal ? "selected" : "")>
+              @(Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel>(enumVal))</!option>
+          }
+        </select>
+      </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Messages (count)</th>
@@ -79,10 +91,15 @@
               });
     }
       const channelOnLoad = @Html.Raw(modelAsString);
-    function jsonifyChannel()
+    function jsonifyChannel() {
-    {
+      var channelNow = structuredClone(channelOnLoad);
-     var channelNow = channelOnLoad;
+      channelNow.SubChannels = null;
+      channelNow.ParentChannel = null;
+      channelNow.Messages = null;
+      channelNow.Users = null;
+      
       channelNow.LewdnessFilterLevel = document.querySelector("#LewdnessFilterLevel").value;
+      channelNow.MeannessFilterLevel = document.querySelector("#MeannessFilterLevel").value;
       console.log(channelNow);
       return channelNow;
     }

vassago.csproj

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="bootstrap" Version="5.3.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="discord.net" Version="3.10.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="7.0.20" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="7.0.5">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>

wwwroot/js/site.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function testfunct(caller){
     console.log("[gibberish]");
     console.log(caller);
 }
-function postmodelupdate(model)
+function patchModel(model)
 {
     //structure the model your (dang) self into a nice object
     console.log(model);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function postmodelupdate(model)
     console.log("dexter impression: I am now ready to post the following content:");
     console.log(JSON.stringify(model));
     fetch(apiUrl, {
-        method: 'POST',
+        method: 'PATCH',
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         },