Using a JSON file in JavaScript

Question

I'm looking to use a JSON file in a Node.js project, but it doesn't seem to be working-

var JsonPath = '../../folderOfjsonFiles';
var JsonFile = JsonPath + 'test.json';

var parseThis = JSON.parse(JsonFile);
console.dir(parseThis);

Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? Running this yields this error:

    "test1": {
        ^
   uncaught: SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
    at Module._compile (module.js:399:25)
    at Object..js (module.js:410:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:336:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:297:12)
    at require (module.js:348:19)

Where test1 is the first JSON object in my file.

This is my JSON file-

{
    "test1": {
        "testname": "alpha",
        "password": "password"
    }
}

Even before the JSON parsing, how do I read from a file that I will store locally on the server-side? I feel like I'm overcomplicating this.

So the above file is throwing the SyntaxError(jsonlint.com) bc its valid JSON ? — Nix
– Nix, Commented Apr 22, 2011 at 21:01

Florian · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-22 19:14:40Z

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A JSON object has to be included in {} or [] at top level, so you cant do

"test1": {...},
"test2": {...}

Use

{
  "test1": {...},
  "test2": {...}
}

instead.

answered Apr 22, 2011 at 19:14

Florian

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Apophenia Overload Over a year ago

It's already in the right format, I believe- { "test1": { "testname": alpha, "password": password } }

Sampsa Suoninen · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 12:49:33Z

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I store my Express server config in a file and read it like this:

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var conf = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, './config.json'), 'utf8');

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 12:49

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