How to read a properties file in javascript from project directory?

Question

I\'m building a Chrome Packaged App. I want to put the script configuration if a config file in a resource directory and on startup want to read that by Javascript.

Answer 1

There is a super simple way to do this, along the lines of sowbug's answer, but which doesn't need any XHR or file reading.

Step 1. Create resource/config.js like so:

gOptions = {
  // This can have nested stuff, arrays, etc.
  color: 'red',
  size: 'big',
  enabled: true,
  count: 5
}

Step 2. Include this file in your index.html:

  
  ...

Step 3. Access your options directly from your main.js (or anywhere):

  ...
  if (gOptions.enabled) {
    for (var i = 0; i < gOptions.count; i++) {
      console.log(gOptions.color);
    }
  }
  ...