title: Read values from local.settings.json in VS 2017 Azure Function development
body: <p>I am writing an Azure function in VS 2017. I need to set up a few custom configuration parameters. I added them in <code>local.settings.json</code> under <code>Values</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
     "IsEncrypted":false,
     "Values" : {
        "CustomUrl" : "www.google.com",
         "Keys": { 
             "Value1":"1",
             "Value2" :"2"
         }
     }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now, <code>ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["CustomUrl"]</code> returns null.  </p>
  
  <p>I'm using:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>.NET Framework 4.7</li>
  <li>Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions 1.0.5</li>
  <li>System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 4.4.0</li>
  <li>Azure.Functions.Cli 1.0.4</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Am I missing something?</p>