How can I get javascript to read from a .json file?

Question

My script currently looks like this:

Answer 1

Assuming you mean "file on a local filesystem" when you say .json file.

You'll need to save the json data formatted as jsonp, and use a file:// url to access it.

Your HTML will look like this:

And the file c:\data\activity.jsonp contains the following line:

jsonstr = [ {"date":"July 4th", "event":"Independence Day"} ];