Trying to load .json with jQUERY

Question

I am trying to load a .json file into my program using .getJSON but for some reason it wont load

var jsdom = require("jsdom"); 
const { JSDOM } = jsdom; 
const { window} = new JSDOM(); 
const { document } = (new JSDOM('')).window;
global.document = document;
var $ = jQuery = require('jquery')(window);
...
   async function check(){
        $.getJSON('test.json', function(result){
                console.log("json: " + result);
        });
}

async function wait() {
    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
    setTimeout(resolve, 2000);
  });
}
client.on("ready", async ()  => {
        console.log(`Bot is running! ${client.user.username}`);
        client.generateInvite(["ADMINISTRATOR"]).then(link =>{
                console.log(link);
        }).catch(err => {
                console.log(err.stack);
        });
        while(1){
                await wait();
                await check();
        }
});

client.login(setup.key);

This is the code i am using, it is meant to check a certain file every few seconds. I want to check the file so that i can detect changes and then trigger a message.

Answer 1

Thanks to the help in the comments here, found a way easier solution other then using jQUERY and .getJSON. Just use readFile and JSON.parse:

function check(){
        fs.readFile('test.json', (err, data) => {
                if (err) throw err;
                json = JSON.parse(data);
                console.log(json);
        })
}