JQuery.getJSON() reading a local file

Question

How do you read a file in the current directory using JQuery.getJSON()?

I\'m trying something simple (with my data.json file in the same directory as my html file):<

Answer 1

An alternative to installing a local LAMP server is to use python's simple HTTP server. As long as you have python installed, just open up bash and use the python interpreter.

For python 2 use:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

For python 3 use:

python -m http.server 8000

Then just point your browser at localhost:8000 and you shouldn't have any trouble accessing the file if it's in the same directory.