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Fetching local JSON

rated 0 times [ 102] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 88346 / 6 Years ago, sun, march 25, 2018, 12:00:00

How can I fetch a local JSON file that is in my directory?

the JSON file looks like this:

[

  {

    name: Sara,

     id: 3232

   },

  {

    name: Jim,

     id: 2342

   },

  {

     name: Pete,

      id: 532532

   }

]

If I have the json information inside the same file I'm trying to use it, it works beautifully, but if I want to bring it in, I can't for the life of me get it to work and it keeps reading it as undefined.

here is what I have

getData() {





    var json_data = require('../services/contributors.JSON');





    for (var i in json_data){

    console.log('Name: ' + json_data[i][name])



    }





}

Can you see what I'm doing wrong? I'm trying to get this into react so maybe react works differently? I don't know. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you!

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answered 6 Years ago eliezerc · Accepted Answer

Try to use file system. Don't think reading from a JSON file works like that.

const fs = require('fs');

const json_data = require('../services/contributors.JSON');



fs.readFile(json_data, 'utf8', function (err, data) {

  try {

    data = JSON.parse(data)

    for (let i in data){

    console.log('Name:',data[i].name)

    }

  } catch (e) {

    // Catch error in case file doesn't exist or isn't valid JSON

  }

});