Actually read AppSettings in ConfigureServices phase in ASP.NET Core

Question

I need to setup a few dependencies (services) in the ConfigureServices method in an ASP.NET Core 1.0 web application.

The issue is that based on the new

Answer 1

That is the way you can get the typed settings from appSettings.json right in ConfigureServices method:

public class Startup
{
    public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
    {
        Configuration = configuration;
    }

    public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.Configure(Configuration.GetSection(nameof(MySettings)));
        services.AddSingleton(Configuration);

        // ...

        var settings = Configuration.GetSection(nameof(MySettings)).Get();
        int maxNumberOfSomething = settings.MaxNumberOfSomething;

        // ...
    }

    // ...
}