How to read an external local JSON file in JavaScript?

Question

Below is my JSON file:

{"resource":"A","literals":["B","C","D"]}

This is the path of the JSON file: /Users/Documents/workspace/test.json.

I’ve saved these files in the local system and I want to create a JavaScript file to read the JSON file and print the data. Can anyone tell me how to do it? 

Answer 1

It’s not possible to make AJAX calls to local resources since the request is of HTTP type. What you can do it, run a local webserver, serve up the file and make AJAX calls to localhost. 

Check the code below to read JSON: 

jQuery.getJSON():

Refer to the documentation here. 

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