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+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaProxy": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
+    }
+  },
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "AzureBlob": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=hutopystorage;AccountKey=+3LZ3fgVvsOtaM9iYcsUhSyT2GZT4I6AQegE1FyIqr8NMv5Qa4Fm8GspckP/DCFN3jbFI8TnTLXY+AStWjvCkg==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net"
+  },
+  "Emailer": {
+    "ApiKey": "re_HPQGrtF8_7xqFQnhyrp5GeseXnZ9pKd4q",
+    "FromEmail": "Hutopy <notifications@hutopy.ca>"
+  },
+  "Authentication": {
+    "Jwt": {
+      "Lifetime": "00:30:00",
+      "Audience": "hutopy",
+      "Issuer": "https://auth.hutopy.com",
+      "Key": "b2df428b9929d3ace7c598bbf4e496b2f0b71ab3cd4f94540356cfc35b000000",
+      "RefreshTokenLifetime": "7.00:00:00",
+      "RefreshTokenRequireRotation": true
+    }
+  },
+  "Creators": {
+    "SlugReservationDuration": "00:05:00"
+  }
+}
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