Added code to support password settings. Fixed a bug where the [FromBody] attribute resulted in null object properties, as well as included more null checks.

SecureCore/AppSettingsManager.cs

@@ -1,29 +1,58 @@
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
-//using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder;
 
 namespace SecureCore
 {
     public static class AppSettingsManager
     {
-        public static bool TryGetConnectionStringByName(string connectionStringName, out string connectionString)
+        public static bool TryGetConnectionString(string connectionStringName, out string connectionString)
         {
             connectionString = string.Empty;
 
             try
             {
-                // You could either use this 
-                var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
-                    .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
-                    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
-                    .Build();
-
-                connectionString = builder.GetConnectionString(connectionStringName);
+                connectionString = GetConfiguration().GetConnectionString(connectionStringName);
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString)) return true;
                 else return false;
             }
             catch { return false; }
         }
+
+        public static bool TryGetSettingString(string sectionName, string key, out string setting)
+        {
+            setting = string.Empty;
+
+            try
+            {
+                setting = GetConfiguration().GetSection(sectionName)[key];
+
+                if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(setting)) return true;
+                else return false;
+            }
+            catch { return false; }
+        }
+
+        public static bool TryGetSettingInt(string sectionName, string key, out int setting)
+        {
+            setting = 0;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var settingString = GetConfiguration().GetSection(sectionName)[key];
+
+                if (int.TryParse(settingString, out setting)) return true;
+                else return false;
+            }
+            catch { return false; }
+        }
+
+        private static IConfigurationRoot GetConfiguration()
+        {
+            return new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+                    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
+                    .Build();
+        }
     }
 }