Javascript (or angular) point variable to local file (json)

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I am trying to used locally stored json files to pull in information, right now I am just hardcoding the json in a variable, but what I would like to do is point to some json files I have locally

something like -

var myData = "scripts/data/myData.json";

Is something like this possible?

Thanks!

You have to make an AJAX request to your JSON File. Are you using AngularJS? — nanndoj
– nanndoj, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 23:15
AJAX doesn't mean its jquery, ajax can be referring anything thats asynchronous call. And yes you have to use a $http call to get it because web javascript cant load files. — yangli-io
– yangli-io, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 23:24

sylwester · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-10 23:25:38Z

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You can do that in this way :

 $http.get("scripts/data/myData.json").success(function(response) {    

            $scope.myData= response

     }).error(function(err) {       

        alert(err);

 })

Please see here working demo

http://plnkr.co/edit/dV1lHIZyoKYNDxbPwHNV?p=preview

answered Feb 10, 2015 at 23:25

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user3886234 Over a year ago

OP, keep in mind that if you are developing locally without a web server (IE your URL begins with file:///), AJAX will likely not work for you.

Adler Parnas · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-11 02:49:35Z

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I`m pretty sure that you can not make AJAX request to a file:// protocol.

answered Feb 11, 2015 at 2:49

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