JSON+Javascript/jQuery. How to import data from a json file and parse it?

Question

If I have a JSON file named names.json with:

{\"employees\":[
    {\"firstName\":\"Anna\",\"lastName\":\"Meyers\"},
    {\"firstNam         


        

Answer 1

Your JSON file does not contain valid JSON. Try the following instead.

 {
     "employees": 
     [
         {
             "firstName": "Anna",
             "lastName": "Meyers"
         },
         {
             "firstName": "Betty",
             "lastName": "Layers"
         },
         {
             "firstName": "Carl",
             "lastName": "Louis"
         }
     ]
 }

You should then see a response. Check out http://jsonlint.com/