yavsc/Yavsc/ApiControllers/ChatApiController.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
using Microsoft.Data.Entity;

namespace Yavsc.Controllers
{
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
    using Models;
    using ViewModels.Chat;
    [Route("api/chat")]
    public class ChatApiController : Controller
    {
        ApplicationDbContext dbContext;
        UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager;
        public ChatApiController(ApplicationDbContext dbContext,
        UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager)
        {
            this.dbContext = dbContext;
            this.userManager = userManager;
        }

        [HttpGet("users")]
        public async Task<List<ChatUserInfo>> GetUserList()
        {
      
            var cxsQuery = dbContext.Connections.Include(c=>c.Owner).GroupBy( c => c.ApplicationUserId );

            List<ChatUserInfo> result = new List<ChatUserInfo>();

            foreach (var g in cxsQuery) {

                var uid = g.Key;
                var cxs = g.ToList();
                if (cxs.Count>0) {
                    var user = cxs.First().Owner;
                    
                    result.Add(new ChatUserInfo { UserName = user.UserName,
                    UserId = user.Id, Avatar = user.Avatar, Connections = cxs,
                    Roles = ( await userManager.GetRolesAsync(user) ).ToArray() } );
                }
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
}