How to read an external local JSON file in JavaScript?

Question

I have saved a JSON file in my local system and created a JavaScript file in order to read the JSON file and print data out. Here is the JSON file:

{"res         


        

Answer 1

As many people mentioned before, this doesn't work using an AJAX call. However, there's a way around it. Using the input element, you can select your file.

The file selected (.json) need to have this structure:

[
    {"key": "value"},
    {"key2": "value2"},
    ...
    {"keyn": "valuen"},
]

Then you can read the file using JS with FileReader():

document.getElementById("get_the_file").addEventListener("change", function() {
  var file_to_read = document.getElementById("get_the_file").files[0];
  var fileread = new FileReader();
  fileread.onload = function(e) {
    var content = e.target.result;
    // console.log(content);
    var intern = JSON.parse(content); // Array of Objects.
    console.log(intern); // You can index every object
  };
  fileread.readAsText(file_to_read);
});