laatzen/Common/Service/MeterProcessState/Controllers/ConfigurationJsonController.cs

namespace Xylem.Common.Service.MeterProcessState.Controllers
{
    using Newtonsoft.Json;

    using System.IO;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Web;
    using System.Web.Http;

    [RoutePrefix("api/configurationjson")]
    public class ConfigurationJsonController : ApiController
    {
        [HttpGet]
        [Route]
        public IHttpActionResult Get()
        {
            try
            {
                var currentDirectory = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("..");
                var files = Directory.GetFiles(currentDirectory);
                var configurationJsonFilePath = Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "configuration.json");
                var configurationJsonContent = File.ReadAllText(configurationJsonFilePath);
                var configurationJson = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(configurationJsonContent);
                var serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();

                return this.Json(configurationJson, serializerSettings, Encoding.UTF8);
            }
            catch
            {
                return this.BadRequest("Unable to find or load ...\\configuration.json");
            }
        }
    }
}