How to read an external local JSON file in JavaScript?

Question

I have saved a JSON file in my local system and created a JavaScript file in order to read the JSON file and print data out. Here is the JSON file:

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Answer 1

When in Node.js or when using require.js in the browser, you can simply do:

let json = require('/Users/Documents/workspace/test.json');
console.log(json, 'the json obj');

Do note: the file is loaded once, subsequent calls will use the cache.