To achieve this, we can use the following namespace: "System.Configuration". Here is a custom code snippet, where the single parameter is the sectionName. sectionName parameter will hold the section name of a configuration file which you want as key-value pair.
  1. public static Dictionary < string, string > GetConfigFileAsDict(string sectionName) {
  2. Dictionary < string, string > resultDictionary = new Dictionary < string, string > ();
  3. try {
  4. Configuration configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
  5. if (configuration.GetSection(sectionName) is ConfigFileSection section) {
  6. foreach(ConfigFileElement element in section.Settings) {
  7. if (element.Value != null && element.Value != "")
  8. resultDictionary.Add(element.Key, element.Value);
  9. }
  10. }
  12. } catch (Exception e) {
  13. //Throw error
  14. }
  15. return resultDictionary;
  16. }