ASP.NET Core Get Json Array using IConfiguration

Question

In appsettings.json

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

---

In Startup.cs

Answer 1

Kind of an old question, but I can give an answer updated for .NET Core 2.1 with C# 7 standards. Say I have a listing only in appsettings.Development.json such as:

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

I can extract them anywhere that the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration is implemented and wired up like so:

var testUsers = Configuration.GetSection("TestUsers")
   .GetChildren()
   .ToList()
    //Named tuple returns, new in C# 7
   .Select(x => 
         (
          x.GetValue("UserName"), 
          x.GetValue("Email"), 
          x.GetValue("Password")
          )
    )
    .ToList<(string UserName, string Email, string Password)>();

Now I have a list of a well typed object that is well typed. If I go testUsers.First(), Visual Studio should now show options for the 'UserName', 'Email', and 'Password'.