Loading data from external json file with javascript or jquery

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I'm looking into dynamically using data from an external json file into my javascript. I must have misunderstood how to call the file because for the moment I can't even access the data... So theres my html calling the js file. and the js file calls the json using this method :

$(function() {
    function stockTimeline(){
        $.getJSON('json/corse_timeline/corse_timeline.json', function(donnees) {
            $('#wrap').html('<p>' + donnees.timeline.date[4].endDate + '</p><p>' + donnees.timeline.date[9].startDate + '</p><p>' + donnees.timeline.headline + '</p><p>' + donnees.timeline.date[30].headline + '</p><p>');
            console.log("this console.log IS NOT working");
        });
        console.log("this console.log IS working");
    }
    stockTimeline(); 
});

I've taken this method right out of several tutorials I've read. How can I test if my json file is corrupted? Is it because I need to upload it on a server for it to work?

Does the console show any javascript errors?

Mansfield
– Mansfield

2013-05-21 17:35:47 +00:00
Commented May 21, 2013 at 17:35 — Mansfield
– Mansfield, Commented May 21, 2013 at 17:35

Diodeus - James MacFarlane · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-21 17:32:11Z

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You can verify your JSON file by pasting it into JSON Lint.

answered May 21, 2013 at 17:32

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2 Comments

HowTo Over a year ago

I do have tons of parse error! thanks for the link, I'm correcting it right now ;)

Diodeus - James MacFarlane Over a year ago

Handy stuff. Sometimes you just need fresh eyeballs, even if they are those of a machine.

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