How to parse JSON file using Javascript

Question

I want to read a JSON file that in my local machinge using Javescript, and parse it to a Javascript object such as this code:

var parsed = JSON.parse(JSON_file);

Is it possible to read the file from the disk? Or there is other methods to do that. Thanks.

Answer 1

Here is a nice tutorial on how you can do it using HTML5's FileReader API, but there is one constraint: you can only interact with a file selected by the user via a file input field.

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/