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daioEXE
daioEXE

Reputation: 67

import JSON file with node.js

I want data from the config.json file import to the index.js file in the same dir.

so I had it before

const {
prefix, token
} = require('./config.json');

now i would change the string so i need a json object, but how?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6895

Answers (3)

Brad
Brad

Reputation: 163612

Async example, if you're using ES6 modules:

import fs from 'fs/promises';

const {prefix, token} = JSON.parse(
  await fs.readFile('./config.json', 'utf-8')
);

See also:

Upvotes: 1

CyberEternal
CyberEternal

Reputation: 2545

  1. In ES5 you can do it by

const object = require('./config.json');

The object will contain your JSON.

In ES6

import object from './config.json'

  1. Using fs module synchronously

const fs = require('fs')
const jsonData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('config.json', 'utf-8'))

Upvotes: 12

Kelvin Schoofs
Kelvin Schoofs

Reputation: 8718

If you want the whole object, simply use:

const config = require('./config.json');

Otherwise if you want the contents of config.json, you can simply use the fs module to read the file. More specifically fs.readFileSync if you want it to be synchronous.

Upvotes: -1

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