ASP.NET Core 1.1 ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile(“appsettings.json”); not finding file

ASP.NET Core 1.0 ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile(“appsettings.json”); not finding file

Or

"The configuration file 'appsettings.json' was not found and is not optional. The physical path is

 

"The configuration file 'appsettings.json' was not found and is not optional. The physical path is

Resolution

I was working on .net core for the first time and confronted an issue during development.it was throwing an error in Startup class .it count not find appsettings.json file from current directory.

Here is the solution for that as depicted belo

put these lines in such a way may help to mitigate an issue:

 

var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile("appsettings.json");          
Configuration = builder.Build();

var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder().SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).AddJsonFile("appsettings.json");           
Configuration = builder.Build();

Thanks

Warm Regards
Sachin Kalia

Categories: .Net Core