How do I load the contents of a text file into a javascript variable?

Question

I have a text file in the root of my web app http://localhost/foo.txt and I\'d like to load it into a variable in javascript.. in groovy I would do this:

Answer 1

If you only want a constant string from the text file, you could include it as JavaScript:

// This becomes the content of your foo.txt file
let text = `
My test text goes here!
`;

The string loaded from the file becomes accessible to JavaScript after being loaded. The `(backtick) character begins and ends a template literal, allowing for both " and ' characters in your text block.

This approach works well when you're attempting to load a file locally, as Chrome will not allow AJAX on URLs with the file:// scheme.