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Custom Web.Config Wrapper Class ASP .NET

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Configuration;

namespace AIS.Common
{
    public class ConfigValues
    {
        #region appSettings
        public static string SomeStringOne { get { return getval("SomeStringOne "); } }
        public static string SomeStringTwo { get { return getval("SomeStringTwo "); } }
        public static string Env { get { return getval("env"); } } //keep in mind case sensitivity
        public static string LastManualRefresh { get { return getval("date_last_manual_refresh"); } } //useful for manual site refresh/reload
        public static double SomeDouble { get { return Convert.ToDouble(getval("some_static_double")); } }
        #endregion

        #region connectionStrings - update web.config env variable to toggle between dev and prd
        public static string YourDBOneConnectionString { get { return getcstr("win_web_db"); } }

//also read only implementation like above, but illustrates environment variable usage specific in web.config useful if you have many environments
        public static string YourDBTwoConnectionString 
        {
            get
            {
                if (Env.ToLower().ToString() != "filesystem")
                {
                    return getcstr("static_string" + Env.ToLower().ToString());
                }
                return "";
            }
        }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieve Connection String for specified provided key
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static string getcstr(string key)
        {
            try
            {
                return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[key].ConnectionString;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Shared.HandleError(ex); //TODO: change to throw error event handle instead of direct call for reusability
                return "Error retrieving value";
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieve appSettings value for provided specified key
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static string getval(string key)
        {
            try
            {
                return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[key];
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Shared.HandleError(ex); //TODO: change to throw error event handle instead of direct call for reusability
                return "Error retrieving value";
            }
        }
    }
}
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Custom URLRewriting with XML and Global.asax

utilizes my custom DocParser class here https://ronniediaz.com/2013/08/23/parse-xml-to-dynamic-expandoobject-c-net-4-0/

 void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //string path = Request.Url.ToString();
        string path = Request.Path;

        if (Regex.IsMatch(path.ToLower(), ".*[.](jpg|png|gif|css|js|pdf|ico|woff|svg|eot|ttf)$"))
        {
            //var h = Regex.Replace(path.ToLower(), ".*/(.*)/(.*)$", "~/$1/$2", RegexOptions.Singleline);
            //Context.RewritePath(path);
            return;
        }
        
        //TODO: authorize user/request
 DocParser dp = new DocParser(Server.MapPath("~/rewrite.xml"));
        var rules = dp.GetElements("*/rule");
        
        foreach (var r in rules)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(r.match_url)) {
                Shared.HandleError("Global.asax::null or empty match_url encountered");
            }

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(r.action_url))
            {
                Shared.HandleError("Global.asax::null or empty action_url encountered");
            }
            
            if (Regex.IsMatch(path, r.match_url,RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
            {
                List<object> qsvars = new List<object>();

                foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(path, r.match_url, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
                {
                    for (int i=1;i<m.Groups.Count;i++)
                    {
                        qsvars.Add(m.Groups[i].Value);
                    }
                }
                //Context.RewritePath(string.Format(r.action_url,qsvars.ToArray()) + "&rewrite=1");
                Context.RewritePath(string.Format(r.action_url, qsvars.ToArray()));
            }
        }
}

rewrite.xml examples

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rules>
  <rule match_url="^/home" action_url="~/home.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/login" action_url="~/default.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/register" action_url="~/welcome/register.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/logout" action_url="~/logout.aspx" />
  <rule match_url="^/default/(.*)" action_url="~/default.aspx?q={0}" />
  <rule match_url="^/test/(.*)/(.*)" action_url="~/test.aspx?q={0}&amp;r={1}" />
</rules>