Sending a JSON file to Express server using JS

Question

I am fairly new to JS and I have a JSON file that I need to send to my server (Express) that I can then parse and use its contents throughout the web app I\'m building.

Answer 1

Another option is to use sendFile and set the content type header.

app.get('/search', (req, res) => {
    res.header("Content-Type",'application/json');
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'file_name.json'));
})

The code assumes the file is in the same directory as the JS code. This answer explains how this works.