Configuration.GetSection always returns null

Question

Every time I call Configuration.GetSection, the Value property of the returned object is always null.

My Startup constructor

Answer 1

According to the Microsoft Docs: "When GetSection returns a matching section, Value isn't populated. A Key and Path are returned when the section exists."

If you want to see the values of that section you will need to call the GetChildren() method: Configuration.GetSection("SqliteSettings").GetChildren();

Or you can use: Configuration.GetSection("SqliteSettings").Get(). The JSON does not need to have the same amount of properties to match. Unmatched nullable properties will be set to null and non-nullable unmatched properties will be set to their default value (e.g. int will be set to 0).