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

You can use XMLHttpRequest() method:

    var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
        //console.log("Json parsed data is: " + JSON.stringify(myObj));
       }
    };
xmlhttp.open("GET", "your_file_name.json", true);
xmlhttp.send();

You can see the response of myObj using console.log statement(commented out).

If you know AngularJS, you can use $http:

MyController.$inject = ['myService'];
function MyController(myService){

var promise = myService.getJsonFileContents();

  promise.then(function (response) {
    var results = response.data;
    console.log("The JSON response is: " + JSON.stringify(results));
})
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.log("Something went wrong.");
  });
}

myService.$inject = ['$http'];
function myService($http){

var service = this;

  service.getJsonFileContents = function () {
    var response = $http({
      method: "GET",
      url: ("your_file_name.json")
    });

    return response;
  };
}

If you have the file in a different folder, mention the complete path instead of filename.