What is the purpose of the appsettings.json file?

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Appsettings.json contains all of the application's settings, which allow you to configure your application behavior.

Here is an example of an appsettings.json file.

{
 "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
          "Default": "Information",
    "Microsoft": "Warning",
    "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
      }
  },
"ConnectionStrings": {
    "AppConnection": ""
},
"AWS": {
  "Profile": "local-test-profile",
  "Region": "us-west-2"
},
"AllowedHosts": "*"
}