How to read web.config file in .Net Core app

Question

I have created a .Net Core API and I referenced a .Net framework application to it. The referenced Application connects to a data base and its connection string is stored in

Answer 1

For everyone having problem reading web.config in asp.net core. After spending hours trying and failing.. then i came to a blog which stated

The .Net Core application uses appsettings.json instead of web.config file.

so i suggest everyone to place files they want to read to appsettings.json and from there you can read. There are plenty of methods available. Just wanted to save time of those trying.