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:

{"res         


        

Answer 1

Using the Fetch API is the easiest solution:

fetch("test.json")
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json));

It works perfect in Firefox, but in Chrome you have to customize security setting.