Fetch JSON data from a file

Question

I got a very simple txt file in JSON format:

{
  "menu": "File1",
  "bday": [
      {
          "name": "teo",
          "date":"22"
      },
      {
          "name": "john",
          "date": "9"
      },
      {
          "name": "maria",
          "date": "15"
      }
   ]
}

All I want is to just fetch the data and print them. Like:

teo : 22
john:9

...etc...

I don't care about this. I just want to fetch the data.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-11 17:43:29Z

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Your answer is plainly XMLHttpRequest, which is multi-browser compatible JavaScript without need for a library. You can always create your own library for some backward-compatibility.

edited Oct 11, 2012 at 17:43

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 29, 2011 at 2:06

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DoctorLouie Over a year ago

AJAX, as we know it, without all the bells and whistles that come with libraries.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-11 17:44:24Z

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Put the JSON in a file on your server (for example, data.js) and then use jQuery to fetch the file. Something like this:

var json;
$.getJSON("data.js", function(data){
    json = data;
});

edited Oct 11, 2012 at 17:44

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 29, 2011 at 1:42

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t0s Over a year ago

thnx rcravens but i dont want jQuery or any other lib. is this possible or must be on a server ?

Marc B Over a year ago

Javascript has no native filesystem type routines. Your only options to load it into JS is to embed it into the same file that the JS is loaded from, or have it served up via AJAX.

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