How to get a json file into a text variable in javascript

Question

I am new using a json file and i wanna put the file into a text variable in javascript to run a function not in a object....
I have been trying something like this.. but nothing...

var jqxhr = $.getJSON( "json/test.json", function() {
                  console.log( "success" );
                })

alert (getDepth(jqxhr));

Lix · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-18 09:01:18Z

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What you are going to want to do is retrieve the contents of the JSON file within your success callback -

var jqxhr = $.getJSON( "json/test.json", function(jsonData) { 
  console.log( jsonData );
})

Note that the resulting variable (jsonData) does not in fact contain text - it contains a JavaScript object.

answered Apr 18, 2013 at 9:01

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Quentin Over a year ago

This is misleading. It implies that receivedData will be available for a statement that could be added to line 5.

PepeVelez Over a year ago

I wan to get something like this from the file, the data in a variable. ' var input = { "name": "positive", "children": [{ "name": "product service", "children": [{ "name": "price", "children": [{ "name": "cost", "size": 8 }] }, { "name": "quality", "children": [{ "name": "messaging", "size": 4 }] }] }] }'

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