server/AyaNova/Controllers/TagController.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using AyaNova.Models;
 using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 using AyaNova.Biz;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
 
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
@@ -88,7 +90,30 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
             if (!Authorized.HasModifyRole(HttpContext.Items, ayaType))
                 return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
-            return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(await TagUtil.BulkAdd(ayaType, tag, idList, ct), true));
+            if (idList.Count == 0)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REQUIRED, "List of ids"));
+            tag = TagUtil.NormalizeTag(tag);
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tag))
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REQUIRED, "tag"));
+
+            
+            var JobName = $"BulkAdd tag {tag} to {ayaType} ({idList.Count} specified)";
+            JObject o = JObject.FromObject(new
+            {
+                ayaType = ayaType,
+                idList = idList,
+                op = "bulk-add",
+                tag = tag
+            });
+
+            OpsJob j = new OpsJob();
+            j.Name = $"BulkTag";
+            j.JobType = JobType.BulkTag;
+            j.Exclusive = false;
+            j.JobInfo = o.ToString();
+            // await JobsBiz.AddJobAsync(j, ct);
+            await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, ayaType, AyaEvent.Created, JobName), ct);
+            return Accepted(new { JobId = j.GId });
         }
 
         /// <summary>

server/AyaNova/biz/JobType.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// All AyaNova Job types, used by OpsJob and biz objects for long running applications
+    /// All AyaNova Job types, used by OpsJob and biz objects for long running processes
     /// </summary>
     public enum JobType : int
     {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         TestWidgetJob = 1,//test job for unit testing
         CoreJobSweeper = 2,       
         SeedTestData = 4,
-
+        BulkTag = 5
 
     }
 

server/AyaNova/biz/TagUtil.cs

@@ -212,11 +212,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
         /////////////////////////////////
-        //BULK OPS
+        //BULK OPS JOBS
         //
 
         public static async Task<long> BulkAdd(AyaType ayaType, string tag, List<long> idList, AyContext ct)
         {
+            //SUBMIT AS JOB
+            
             //todo iterate the object in question, open and update and save each one through it's biz object interface so rules etc are all maintained
             //not sure if should update locked or read only objects, probably not I guess as it should only do whatever was done in interface
             await Task.CompletedTask;