Where to store xml static string in .net core webapi project

Question

I have several XML strings which are used as API queries. I would like to store them in a static file in my .NET Core webapi project. Trying to store them in the appsettings.json with commas as seperators or with '+', between lines caused the "Could not parse the JSON file" error, in the startup of the app. Where can I store the XML string ? I would like them to be in a static files so I can control and see them also after deploy. Here is an example for my XML string:

<fetch mapping="logical" distinct="true">
  <entity name="xxx">
    <attribute name="yyyy" />
  </entity>
</fetch>

Answer 1

If you store it as a xml file directly under a folder within your Web API project, to access it from controller action, you can try:

Inject IWebHostEnvironment into the constructor of your controller

private IWebHostEnvironment _env;

public ValuesController(IWebHostEnvironment env)
{
    _env = env;
}

In controller action

public IActionResult Get()
{
    var filepath = Path.Combine(_env.ContentRootPath, @"XmlFiles\" + "test.xml");

    //code logic here

    return Ok();
}

The structure of project may look like this