How to read system.web section from web.config

Question

Should be simple, but whatever I try returns null:

const string key = \"system.web\";

var sectionTry1 = WebConfigurationManager.GetSection(key);

var sectionTry         


        

Answer 1

I think accessing system.web is slightly different to accessing appSettings.

Try this:

string configPath = "/MyAppRoot";

Configuration config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(configPath);

IdentitySection section = (IdentitySection)config.GetSection("system.web/identity");

You need to cast the relevant section of system.web you're trying to access to a particular type.