JSON+Javascript/jQuery. How to import data from a json file and parse it?

Question

If I have a JSON file named names.json with:

{\"employees\":[
    {\"firstName\":\"Anna\",\"lastName\":\"Meyers\"},
    {\"firstNam         


        

Answer 1

For those sent here by Google after the fall of JQuery, use Fetch API

fetch("test.json").then(async (resp) => {
  const asObject = await resp.json();
  console.log(asObject);
})