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VivekDev
VivekDev

Reputation: 25553

ASP.NET Core 6+ how to access Configuration during startup

In earlier versions, we had Startup.cs class and we get configuration object as follows in the Startup file.

public class Startup 
{
    private readonly IHostEnvironment environment;
    private readonly IConfiguration config;

    public Startup(IConfiguration configuration, IHostEnvironment environment) 
    {
        this.config = configuration;
        this.environment = environment;
    }

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) 
    {
        // Add Services
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env) 
    {
        // Add Middlewares
    }

}

Now in .NET 6 and above (With Visual Studio 2022), we don't see the Startup.cs class. Looks like its days are numbered. So how do we get these objects like Configuration(IConfiguration) and Hosting Environment(IHostEnvironment)

How do we get these objects, to say read the configuration from appsettings? Currently the Program.cs file looks like this.

using Festify.Database;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorPages();

builder.Services.AddDbContext<FestifyContext>();


////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The following is Giving me error as Configuration 
// object is not avaible, I dont know how to inject this here.
////////////////////////////////////////////////


builder.Services.AddDbContext<FestifyContext>(opt =>
        opt.UseSqlServer(
            Configuration.GetConnectionString("Festify")));


var app = builder.Build();

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error");
    // The default HSTS value is 30 days. You may want to change this for production scenarios, see https://aka.ms/aspnetcore-hsts.
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();

app.UseRouting();

app.UseAuthorization();

app.MapRazorPages();

app.Run();

I want to know how to read the configuration from appsettings.json ?

Upvotes: 275

Views: 289345

Answers (14)

Thriveni
Thriveni

Reputation: 771

For me adding below piece of code for the Worker Service Template

 In appsettings.json
    ....
    "Worker": {
              "TillTimeInMinutes": 1,
              "Crop": "Grain"
              }

In WorkerConfig File

     WorkerConfig.cs
     {
          public int TillTimeInMinutes { get; set; }
          public string Crop { get; set; }
     }

And in Program.cs file

     builder.Services.Configure<WorkerConfig>(builder.Configuration.GetSection("Worker"));

Upvotes: 0

Mukund Thakkar
Mukund Thakkar

Reputation: 1305

Fully qualify it like this:

var builder = Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

Upvotes: 0

sadik gok
sadik gok

Reputation: 19

If you have defined a token in your appsetting.json file, you can define this json token in program cs as follows:

appsettting.json:

  "AppSettings": {
    "Token": "token"
  },

program cs:

var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(builder.Configuration.GetSection("Appsettings:Token").Value);

Upvotes: 1

Guru Stron
Guru Stron

Reputation: 143243

WebApplicationBuilder returned by WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args) exposes Configuration and Environment properties:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
...
ConfigurationManager configuration = builder.Configuration; // allows both to access and to set up the config
IWebHostEnvironment environment = builder.Environment;

WebApplication returned by WebApplicationBuilder.Build() also exposes Configuration and Environment:

var app = builder.Build();
IConfiguration configuration = app.Configuration;
IWebHostEnvironment environment = app.Environment;

Also check the migration guide and code samples.

Applicable to , , .

Upvotes: 387

BuddhiP
BuddhiP

Reputation: 6461

I know the question originally asks for ASPNetCore but if you happen to looking to do the same for a worker service, and landed here like I did, hopefully, this answer helps you.

Worker Service uses IHostBuilder instead of IWebApplicationBuilder and that does not expose a Configuration property, but you can accept an instance of IHostBuilderContext into the ConfigureServices method, which does expose a Configuration instance.

IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
    .ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
    {
         var settings = context.Configuration.Get<Settings>();
    })
    .Build();

Upvotes: 22

Piero
Piero

Reputation: 1726

An alternative : do I really need DI when it comes to settings ?

Especially when I want those settings from environment variables, which is often the case with containerized environments, and maybe avoid leaking secrets in json files.

Then just have a static class like for example :

public static class SettingsService
{

    private static Settings _settings = null;

    public static Settings Settings
    {
        get
        {
            if (_settings == null)
            {
                _settings = new Settings()
                {
                    hostmail = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("hostmail") ?? "",
                    hostmailuser = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("hostmailuser") ?? "",
                    hostmailpass = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("hostmailpass") ?? "",
                    hostmailport = int.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("hostmailport") ?? "993"),
                    LogLevel = Enum.Parse<LogLevel>(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LogLevel") ?? "Information"),
                    natsurl = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("natsurl") ?? "nats://localhost:4200",
                    natsnkeypubkey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("natsnkeypubkey") ?? "",
                    natsnkeypath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("natsnkeypath") ?? "",
                    roles = (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("roles") ?? "").Split(';'),
                    poolsize = int.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("poolsize") ?? "10"),
                    tmpfolder = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("tmpfolder") ?? "temp",
                    fontsfolder = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("fontsfolder") ?? "fonts"
                };

            }
            return _settings;
        }
    }
}

and a program.cs like :


var sets = SettingsService.Settings;

IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args).ConfigureAppSettings()
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        if (sets.serverrole == "inboxsignaler")
        {
            services.AddHostedService<InboxSignaler>();
        }
        services.AddNats(options =>
          {
              options.Url = sets.natsurl;
              options.SetNkey(sets.natsnkeypubkey, sets.natsnkeypath);
          });
    })
    .Build();

await host.RunAsync();

my 2 cents...

Upvotes: 2

Husni Salax
Husni Salax

Reputation: 2020

I resolved this issue by simple way:

In Program.cs:

using SomeAppName.Startup;

    WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args)
        .RegisterServices()
        .Build()
        .SetupMiddleware()
        .Run();

Next:

public static WebApplicationBuilder RegisterServices(this WebApplicationBuilder builder)
 {
      BuildConfiguration(builder.Environment);
      //// Any code
 }

Finally:

private static IConfiguration BuildConfiguration(IHostEnvironment env)
        {
            var configurationBuilder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
                .AddJsonFile("./Configuration/appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
                .AddJsonFile("./Configuration/appsettings.other.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
                .AddJsonFile($"./Configuration/appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
                .AddJsonFile($"./Configuration/appsettings.other.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
                .AddEnvironmentVariables();

            Configuration = configurationBuilder.Build();
            return Configuration;
        }

Upvotes: 2

Mark Schultheiss
Mark Schultheiss

Reputation: 34227

This is slightly different than prior answers and I include this since I was reviewing something like this.

In your Program.cs you can also group code in a method and call that to keep it less run-on a bit or to group similar things. I will not put all the code in; I will not put a full list of using directives here but just enough to demonstrate the technique and I will leave out some method code. This is not enough or even perhaps too much for your solution and will need your custom touchup.

using AutoMapper;
using MicroKnights.Log4NetHelper;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
...
//all your using directives
using StackExchange.Redis;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

//a variable to hold configuration
IConfiguration Configuration;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
Configuration = builder.Configuration;

// call some methods
ConfigureAuth(builder.Services);
ConfigureRedis(builder.Services);
ConfigureSession(builder.Services);
ConfigureMvc(builder.Services);
ConfigureServices(builder.Services);

var app = builder.Build();
ConfigureMiddleWare(app);
app.Run();
// we are done with the main part, now the methods

void ConfigureMvc(IServiceCollection services)
{
    builder.Services.AddMvc(config =>
    {
        var policy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder().RequireAuthenticatedUser().Build();
        config.Filters.Add(new AuthorizeFilter(policy));
    })
    .AddRazorPagesOptions(options => { options.Conventions.AddPageRoute("/Home/Login", ""); })
    .AddJsonOptions(options =>
    {
        options.JsonSerializerOptions.PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true;
        options.JsonSerializerOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy = null;
    });
}

void ConfigureSession(IServiceCollection services)
{
    builder.Services.AddSession(options =>
    {
        options.Cookie.Name = "mygreatsite_session";
        options.IdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
    });
}

void ConfigureRedis(IServiceCollection services)
{
    var redisConfig = new RedisOptions();
    Configuration.GetSection(RedisOptions.RedisConfig).Bind(redisConfig);
    services.AddStackExchangeRedisCache(options =>
    {
        options.Configuration = redisConfig.ConnectionString;
        options.InstanceName = "mygreatsite_";
    });
    services.AddDataProtection()
        .SetApplicationName("MyGreatSite.Website")
        .PersistKeysToStackExchangeRedis(ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(redisConfig.ConnectionString), "DataProtection-Keys");
}

void ConfigureMiddleWare(WebApplication app)
{
    if (builder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
    {
        app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
        app.UseBrowserLink();
    }
    else
    {
        app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
    }

    app.UseRouting();
    app.UseCors("default");
    app.UseCookiePolicy();
    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();
    app.UseSession();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapDefaultControllerRoute().RequireAuthorization();
        endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
            name: "Default",
            pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Login}"
        );
    });
}

Upvotes: 4

Baron Lugtu
Baron Lugtu

Reputation: 179

//.NET6 Program.cs -(to get the application configuration properties)

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Configuration.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true);
builder.Configuration.AddJsonFile($"appsettings.Dev.json", optional: true);
builder.Configuration.AddEnvironmentVariables();

// projectwide instances
  public IConfiguration _configuration;
        public AccountsAPIController(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

// _configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");

Upvotes: 17

Furqan Mestri
Furqan Mestri

Reputation: 71

All you need is to add "builder." before your Configuration

Like:

builder.Services
       .AddDbContext<FestifyContext>
    (opt =>opt.UseSqlServer(builder.Configuration
                                   .GetConnectionString("Festify")));

Upvotes: 7

Varun Tripathi
Varun Tripathi

Reputation: 151

.NET 6 already gives builder object in Program.cs

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

Just use this builder to access configuration and Environment as an example to get ConnectionString from app.settings.cs as follows:

builder.Services.AddDbContext<DataContext>( options =>
{
  options.UseSqlServer(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnectiion"));
});

Upvotes: 15

sinfella
sinfella

Reputation: 286

This worked for me ---

// Read in from JSON file
builder.Services.Configure<ConnectionKeys>(builder.Configuration.GetSection("ConnectionKeys"));

Upvotes: 7

Kwami
Kwami

Reputation: 41

The following codes worked for me:

Program.cs:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
string connString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("conStr");
ConnectionString = connString;

...

partial class Program
{
    public static string? ConnectionString { get; private set; }
}

calling class:
string cnStr = Program.ConnectionString;

Upvotes: 3

James Lawruk
James Lawruk

Reputation: 31383

In Program.cs, the WebApplicationBuilder is created shown below.

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

Once we have the builder created, the configuration is available.

Let's assume you have the default appSettings.json in place. The example code below would return the configuration Default log level setting from the JSON configuration file.

builder.Configuration["Logging:LogLevel:Default"] // returns "Warning"

Once the app is running, you can access the Configuration settings via dependency injection in other classes of your application.

public MyClass(IConfiguration configuration)
{
   var logLevel = configuration["Logging:LogLevel:Default"];
}

A nice feature worth considering it to create a class that represents your settings and then bind the configuration to an instance of that class type. For example, let's assume you create a new class called MyAppSettings with the same structure as your appSettings.json, you can do the following:

var myAppSettings = builder.Configuration.Get<MyAppSettings>();
string logLevel = myAppSettings.Logging.LogLevel.Default;

Upvotes: 48

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