How to read values from config.json in Console Application

Question

I just installed ASP.NET 5 and created a Console Application in Visual Studio. I\'ve added a file, config.json, to the root folder of the project.

It looks like this:

Answer 1

The way you've worded your question, your config.json file is at the root of the project, but you're looking in the executable directory at runtime. Assuming you're doing this from Visual Studio, and assuming you're not copying the config file in at build time, Environment.CurrentDirectory is probably bin\Debug, and the file is not there.

You can set the properties of config.json to Copy always from Solution Explorer, to ensure the file gets there.