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How to read an appsettings.json value in ASP.NET Core
In an ASP.NET Core Web API, you can inject the IConfiguration
instance as part of dependency injection.
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We have this appsettings.json
file:
{
"Url": "https://www.roundthecode.com",
"Site": {
"Title": "Round The Code",
"Description": "ASP.NET Core tutorials"
},
"Smtp": {
"Port": 25
}
}
And we have this Web API controller that reads the configuration through IConfiguration
and returns the Url
key as part of the response for the SiteDetails
endpoint.
[ApiController]
[Route("api/site")]
public class SiteController : Controller {
private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
public SiteController(IConfiguration configuration) {
_configuration = configuration;
}
[HttpGet]
public IActionResult SiteDetails() {
return Ok(new {
Url = _configuration.GetValue<string>("Url")
});
}
}
If we want to add Site:Title
and Smtp:Port
from appsettings.json
to the SiteDetails
endpoint response with a key of SiteTitle
and SmtpPort
respectively, how would we do it?
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