Parse json file with node and gulp

Question

Right now I'm browserifying my code in the gulpfile, and sending it to the appropriate location. however if I want to parse a json file and display it within index.html...

it returns this error:

Uncaught TypeError: require(...).readFileSync is not a function

Here is my code http://pastebin.com/n0BJfZG9 of my gulpfile and app.js

Am I missing something? Why can't I use normal node modules for this kind of thing?

I'm guessing you are using fs. You need to import just fs then use the fs.readFileSync() — ryan0319
– ryan0319, Commented Jan 25, 2016 at 19:05

SteamDev · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-25 19:15:51Z

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You should be able to require your JSON file directly in node:

var myJson = require('./path/to/file.json');

// log to confirm output
console.log(JSON.stringify(myJson));

This assumes file.json is raw JSON, along the lines of:

{
  "property": "value",
  "property2": "value2"
}

answered Jan 25, 2016 at 19:15

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