fixed the program.cs and run in VC code

API/FamilyTreeAPI/Program.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using System.Text;
-using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2010.Drawing.Charts;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.Authorization;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.Entities;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.GraphQL.Query;
@@ -14,6 +13,12 @@ using FamilyTreeAPI.Repository;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+// Explicitly register the base paths for Linux container execution
+builder.Configuration
+    .SetBasePath(AppContext.BaseDirectory) // <-- Pulls from wherever the binary sits
+    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
+    .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{builder.Environment.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
+    .AddEnvironmentVariables();
 // Add services to the container.
 #region Services
 var services = builder.Services;
@@ -23,8 +28,10 @@ services.AddControllers();
 services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 services.AddSwaggerGen();
 string skey = "Super Secret SIGN AND VERIFY JWT TOKENS";
+
+           
 var appSettingsSection = builder.Configuration.GetSection("AppSettings");
-if (appSettingsSection != null)
+if (appSettingsSection.Exists())
 {
     services.Configure<AppSettings>(appSettingsSection);
     var appSettings = appSettingsSection.Get<AppSettings>();
@@ -32,10 +39,13 @@ if (appSettingsSection != null)
         skey = appSettings.Secret;
     else
     {
-        skey = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("AppSettings:Secret");
+      string  tkey = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("AppSettings:Secret") ?? string.Empty;
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tkey))
+            skey = tkey;
     }
 }
 
+
 var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(skey);
 
 services.AddAuthentication(x =>
@@ -174,6 +184,17 @@ app.Run();
 #endregion
 
 /*
+
+<ItemGroup>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.Development.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+</ItemGroup>
+</Project>
+
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