Reading appsettings in Nancy - asp.net-web-api

Question

I have a web api in Nancy 1.4.3. I have defined some settings in web.config under applicationSettings section. I was wondering how can I read these settings in a Nancy module (or Bootstrapper)? Because the conventional ways of reading these settings as in MVC/WebAPI are not available in Nancy.
Please consider that I am using Nancy 1.4.3 not Nancy 2x and .net 4.6.1 not .net core.
For simplicity, I am writing how the applicationSettings section looks like in web.config:
<applicationSettings>
<Applicaton1.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="DefaultUserID" serializeAs="String">
<value>BatchReader</value>
</setting>
<setting name="DefaultPaymentFrequencyCode" serializeAs="String">
<value>0</value>
</setting>
<setting name="DefaultPaymentTypeCode" serializeAs="String">
<value>1</value>
</setting>
</Application1.Properties.Settings>

Answer 1

You should be able to read it exactly the same as any asp.net app.
Make sure you add reference to:
System.Configuration
In Web.config add your key:
<appSettings>
<add key="key" value="hello key" />
</appSettings>
Include System.Configuration in your Bootstrapper:
namespace Test
{
using System.Configuration;
using Nancy;
using Nancy.Authentication.Forms;
using Nancy.Bootstrapper;
using Nancy.TinyIoc;
public class Bootstrapper : DefaultNancyBootstrapper
{
protected override void ApplicationStartup (TinyIoCContainer container,
IPipelines pipelines)
{
base.ApplicationStartup (container, pipelines);
StaticConfiguration.DisableErrorTraces = false;
StaticConfiguration.EnableRequestTracing = true;
}
protected override void ConfigureApplicationContainer (TinyIoCContainer
container)
{
base.ConfigureApplicationContainer (container);
var key = ConfigurationManager
.AppSettings.Get ("key")
}
protected override void ConfigureRequestContainer (TinyIoCContainer container,
NancyContext context)
{
base.ConfigureRequestContainer (container, context);
}
protected override void RequestStartup (TinyIoCContainer container,
IPipelines pipelines,
NancyContext context)
{
base.RequestStartup (container, pipelines, context);
}
}
}
Thats it! :)

Answer 2

What conventional ways would you use in WebApi that are missing in Nancy ?

Answer 3

For a web app I think you should really be using System.Web.Configuration:
using System.Web.Configuration
For example:
var someVar = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SomeSetting"];
See here for more information.