How to edit an external JSON-file in JavaScript?

Question

I have created a little chat bot following the tutorial of Esther Crawford. This bot check the string that enter the user and respond with one of my json answer.

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Answer 1

You can't save in a file using client-side script, you have to use some server-side scripting like PHP, NodeJS etc. to save something in a file.

For example in NodeJS you can use the fs library:

fs = require('fs');
var m = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('fileName.json').toString());
m.forEach(function(p){
    p.name= m.name;
});
fs.writeFile('fileName.json', JSON.stringify(m));

Hope it helps