C#•2y ago

dotnet user secrets not working

So basically, I am using Docker and I am trying to make it so that for development I can use

user secrets

user secrets

to store things like

ClientId

ClientId

ClientSecrets

ClientSecrets

and

DatabaseConnection

DatabaseConnection

instead of using

Appsettings.json

Appsettings.json

. so I store all the things I need for development in

secrets.json

secrets.json

And then in

Program.cs`, it should read from the user secrets instead of

Program.cs`, it should read from the user secrets instead of

Appsettings.json

, i actually deleted appsettings.json. Here is what I did:

```dotnet user-secrets set "GoogleKeys:ClientSecret" "123123"
  dotnet user-secrets set "GoogleKeys:ClientId" "456456"
dotnet user-secrets set "ConnectionStrings:DatabaseConnection" "Host=<host>;Port=5432;Database=<database>;Username=<username>;Password=<password>"
```
so now I see them when i do

, i actually deleted appsettings.json. Here is what I did:

```dotnet user-secrets set "GoogleKeys:ClientSecret" "123123"
  dotnet user-secrets set "GoogleKeys:ClientId" "456456"
dotnet user-secrets set "ConnectionStrings:DatabaseConnection" "Host=<host>;Port=5432;Database=<database>;Username=<username>;Password=<password>"
```
so now I see them when i do

dotnet user-secrets list

:
```
GoogleKeys:ClientSecret = 123123
GoogleKeys:ClientId = 456456
ConnectionStrings:DatabaseConnection = Host=<host>;Port=<port>;Database=<database>;Username=<username>;Password=<password>```

I dont see them in secrets.json for some reason but I guess thats okay cause the command returned them. I also know the secrets.json is hooked up cause when i go to the

:
```
GoogleKeys:ClientSecret = 123123
GoogleKeys:ClientId = 456456
ConnectionStrings:DatabaseConnection = Host=<host>;Port=<port>;Database=<database>;Username=<username>;Password=<password>```

I dont see them in secrets.json for some reason but I guess thats okay cause the command returned them. I also know the secrets.json is hooked up cause when i go to the

.csproj``, :

<UserSecretsId>02aa0af3-c478-4f3a-addb-31dce40f9f96</UserSecretsId>

<UserSecretsId>02aa0af3-c478-4f3a-addb-31dce40f9f96</UserSecretsId>

the value in here matches the value in my local directory. there is an image attached that shows that they matched.

AresOP•3/1/24, 10:43 PM

So now in my , I have to have it read from the user secrets instead of appsettings.json:

the problem when this part is that, I am unable to access any of my usersecrets.
For example: , mySecret is always null. Its not in the builder Configuration but I dont understand why if I added it to my user secrets.

AresOP•3/1/24, 10:47 PM

I also tried , but this didnt work either. So of course because it cant get the clientId, it causes the entire app to crash. Nothing I have tried worked I am unable to get the user secrets to work in . Is it because they should only be used in controllers?