JSON Parse File Path

Question

I'm stuck trying to get the correct path to the local file. I have the following directories:

Resources ->    data ->        file.json    js ->      folder ->         script.js    html ->       folder ->          file1.html 

I'm executing script.js from file1.html, with js code:

var answers = JSON.parse('../../data/file.json'); alert(answers); 

But it doesn't work, even alert is not starting. What is wrong?

Also I've tried this:

function readJSON(file) {     var request = new XMLHttpRequest();     request.open('GET', file, false);     request.send(null);     if (request.status == 200)         return request.responseText; };  var temp = readJSON('../../data/file.json'); alert(temp); 

Alert undefined in this case.

Answer 1

Since it is in the directory data/, You need to do:

file path is '../../data/file.json'

$.getJSON('../../data/file.json', function(data) {              alert(data); }); 

Pure JS:

   var request = new XMLHttpRequest();    request.open("GET", "../../data/file.json", false);    request.send(null)    var my_JSON_object = JSON.parse(request.responseText);    alert (my_JSON_object.result[0]);