Fetch local JSON file from public folder ReactJS

Question

I have a problem since two days; I want read a local JSON from my public folder on my React application created with react-app.

This is my project structure:

• public

  • data

    • mato.json (my .JSON file)

• src

  • components

    • App.js

Why I put my file in public folder? If I build my project with file in src folder, my file will be include in the generated main.js by the command yarn build.

I want modify my json file without always rebuild my app.

So I can't use code like:

import Data from './mato.json'

…or:

export default { 'mydata' : 'content of mato.json'}
import data from 'mydata';

I tried to fetch my .json file but "file scheme" isn't friend with fetch() & chrome..

(Chrome error: “index.js:6 Fetch API cannot load file:///D:/projects/data/mato.json. URL scheme "file" is not supported.”)

This is my code for fetch:

fetch(`${process.env.PUBLIC_URL}/data/mato.json`)
.then((r) => r.json())
.then((data) =>{
    ReactDOM.render(<App appData={JSON.stringify(data)}/>, document.getElementById('root'));
})

It's only works with Firefox. I also tried mode: 'cors' does not better.

And of course I don't have any server — it's a local project — so if someone knows how I can read my JSON file locally I will much appreciate.

Answer 1

I think your fetch argument is wrong. It should be

fetch('data/mato.json')

Answer 2

You also need to pass in some headers indicating the Content-Type and Accept as application/json to tell your client that you are trying to access and accept some JSON resource from a server.

  const getData=()=>{
    fetch('data/mato.json'
    ,{
      headers : { 
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Accept': 'application/json'
       }
    }
    )
      .then(function(response){
        console.log(response)
        return response.json();
      })
      .then(function(myJson) {
        console.log(myJson);
      });
  }
  useEffect(()=>{
    getData()
  },[])