C#•4mo 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 to store things like ClientId, ClientSecrets and DatabaseConnection instead of using Appsettings.json. so I store all the things I need for development in secrets.json And then in 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

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

.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.

5 Replies

Ares•4mo ago

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

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder
    .Services.AddAuthentication(options =>
    {
        options.DefaultScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
        options.DefaultChallengeScheme = GoogleDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
    })
    .AddCookie()
    .AddGoogle(
        GoogleDefaults.AuthenticationScheme,
        options =>
        {
            options.ClientId = builder.Configuration.GetSection("GoogleKeys:ClientId").Value;
            options.ClientSecret = builder
                .Configuration.GetSection("GoogleKeys:ClientSecret")
                .Value;
            options.ClaimActions.MapJsonKey("urn:google:picture", "picture", "url");
            options.ClaimActions.MapJsonKey("urn:google:locale", "locale", "string");
        }
    );

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder
    .Services.AddAuthentication(options =>
    {
        options.DefaultScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
        options.DefaultChallengeScheme = GoogleDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
    })
    .AddCookie()
    .AddGoogle(
        GoogleDefaults.AuthenticationScheme,
        options =>
        {
            options.ClientId = builder.Configuration.GetSection("GoogleKeys:ClientId").Value;
            options.ClientSecret = builder
                .Configuration.GetSection("GoogleKeys:ClientSecret")
                .Value;
            options.ClaimActions.MapJsonKey("urn:google:picture", "picture", "url");
            options.ClaimActions.MapJsonKey("urn:google:locale", "locale", "string");
        }
    );

the problem when this part is that, I am unable to access any of my usersecrets. For example: var mySecret = builder.Configuration["ConnectionStrings:DatabaseConnection"]; , mySecret is always null. Its not in the builder Configuration but I dont understand why if I added it to my user secrets. I also tried builder.Configuration.AddUserSecrets<Program>();, 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 Program.cs. Is it because they should only be used in controllers?

Sossenbinder•4mo ago

Is the app running in a docker container (Since you mentioned Docker)? In that case I had some issues with user secrets mounting

Ares•4mo ago

yea its running with docker compose

Sossenbinder•4mo ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67569879/user-secrets-not-being-read-fileprovider-is-showing-projects-debug-path/71777968#71777968 I wrote an answer on SO for a similar problem once Maybe that's the issue you also run into But the answer is from Net6 still, but worth a shot I guess

Ares•4mo ago

thx il check it out

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