we have a dropdown that fires an onchange to post the new value.

although, errors ensue

Models/Enums.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public static class Enumerations
         Type type = enumerationValue.GetType();
         if (!type.IsEnum)
         {
-            throw new ArgumentException("EnumerationValue must be of Enum type", "enumerationValue");
+            throw new ArgumentException("EnumerationValue must be of Enum type", nameof(enumerationValue));
         }
 
         //Tries to find a DescriptionAttribute for a potential friendly name

WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@using System.ComponentModel
+@using Newtonsoft.Json
 @model Channel
 
 @Html.Raw(ViewData["breadcrumbs"])
@@ -10,11 +12,19 @@
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Channel type</th>
-      <td>@Model.ChannelType</td>
+      <td>@(Model.ChannelType != null ? Enumerations.GetDescription(Model.ChannelType) : "?")</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Lewdness Filter Level</th>
-      <td>@(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel?.ToString() ?? "inherited")</td>
+      <td>
+        <select name="LewdnessFilterLevel" id="LewdnessFilterLevel" onchange="postmodelupdate(jsonifyChannel())">
+          <!option value="" @(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel == null ? "selected" : "")>inhereted</!option>
+          @foreach (Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel enumVal in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel)))
+          {
+            <!option value="@((int)enumVal)" @(Model.LewdnessFilterLevel == enumVal ? "selected" : "")>@(Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.LewdnessFilterLevel>(enumVal))</!option>
+          }
+        </select>
+      </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Links Allowed</th>
@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Meanness Filter Level</th>
-      <td>@(Model.MeannessFilterLevel?.ToString() ?? "inherited")</td>
+      <td>@(Model.MeannessFilterLevel != null ? Enumerations.GetDescription<Enumerations.MeannessFilterLevel>(Model.MeannessFilterLevel.GetValueOrDefault()) : "inherited")</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Messages (count)</th>
@@ -58,3 +68,23 @@
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
+
+
+@section Scripts{
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+      @{
+        var modelAsString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Model, new JsonSerializerSettings 
+        { 
+          ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
+        });
+      }
+    const channelOnLoad = @Html.Raw(modelAsString);
+    function jsonifyChannel()
+    {
+     var channelNow = channelOnLoad;
+     channelNow.LewdnessFilterLevel = document.querySelector("#LewdnessFilterLevel").value;
+     console.log(channelNow);
+     return channelNow;
+    }
+  </script>
+}

wwwroot/js/site.js

@@ -2,3 +2,49 @@
 // for details on configuring this project to bundle and minify static web assets.
 
 // Write your JavaScript code.
+
+function testfunct(caller){
+    console.log("[gibberish]");
+    console.log(caller);
+}
+function postmodelupdate(model)
+{
+    //structure the model your (dang) self into a nice object
+    console.log(model);
+    //i know the page url.
+    console.log(window.location.pathname);
+    var components = window.location.pathname.split('/');
+    if(components[2] !== "Details")
+    {
+        console.log("wtf are you doing? " + components[2] + " is something other than Details")
+    }
+    var type=components[1];
+    var id=components[3];
+
+    //todo: figure out what the URL actually needs to be, rather than assuming you get a whole-ass server to yourself.
+    //you selfish fuck. What are you, fox?
+    var apiUrl = "/api/Channels/"
+
+    console.log("dexter impression: I am now ready to post the following content:");
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(model));
+    fetch(apiUrl, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(model),
+      })
+        .then(response => {
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Network response was not "ok". which is not ok.');
+          }
+          return response.json();
+        })
+        .then(returnedSuccessdata => {
+          // perhaps a success callback
+          console.log('returnedSuccessdata:', returnedSuccessdata);
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
+          console.error('Error:', error);
+        });
+}