How to parse a JSON file without web request or web server?

Question

Looking to build a work-around of the following.

$.getJSON(\'myfile.json\', function (data) {
    showAll(data);
});

I want to avoid using a we

Answer 1

Simple, fast, but bad for real project solution:

1. Rename myfile.json to data.js (name doesn't matter).
2. Create a variable in data.js and initialize it with your json var myData = {...your json...}
3. Add to your html file.
4. Now you can use myData variable from javascript with all data.

This solution is bad because you add a new variable in global scope and browser would still make a http request to get this .js file.

Also, If you want to make ajax requests to your local files, you can use http server. Take a look at very simple node js http-server.