ASP.NET Core Get Json Array using IConfiguration

Question

In appsettings.json

{
      \"MyArray\": [
          \"str1\",
          \"str2\",
          \"str3\"
      ]
}

---

In Startup.cs

Answer 1

For the case of returning an array of complex JSON objects from configuration, I've adapted @djangojazz's answer to use anonymous types and dynamic rather than tuples.

Given a settings section of:

"TestUsers": [
{
  "UserName": "TestUser",
  "Email": "Test@place.com",
  "Password": "P@ssw0rd!"
},
{
  "UserName": "TestUser2",
  "Email": "Test2@place.com",
  "Password": "P@ssw0rd!"
}],

You can return the object array this way:

public dynamic GetTestUsers()
{
    var testUsers = Configuration.GetSection("TestUsers")
                    .GetChildren()
                    .ToList()
                    .Select(x => new {
                        UserName = x.GetValue("UserName"),
                        Email = x.GetValue("Email"),
                        Password = x.GetValue("Password")
                    });

    return new { Data = testUsers };
}