ES6 modules implementation, how to load a json file

First of all you need to install json-loader:

npm i json-loader --save-dev

Then, there are two ways how you can use it:

1. In order to avoid adding json-loader in each import you can add to webpack.config this line:

   loaders: [
     { test: /\.json$/, loader: 'json-loader' },
     // other loaders 
   ]
   

   Then import json files like this

   import suburbs from '../suburbs.json';
   

2. Use json-loader directly in your import, as in your example:

   import suburbs from 'json!../suburbs.json';
   

Note: In webpack 2.* instead of keyword loaders need to use rules.,

also webpack 2.* uses json-loader by default

*.json files are now supported without the json-loader. You may still use it. It's not a breaking change.

v2.1.0-beta.28

json-loader doesn't load json file if it's array, in this case you need to make sure it has a key, for example

{
    "items": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vmg/redcarpet/issues/598",
      "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vmg/redcarpet",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vmg/redcarpet/issues/598/labels{/name}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vmg/redcarpet/issues/598/comments",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/vmg/redcarpet/issues/598/events",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/issues/598",
      "id": 199425790,
      "number": 598,
      "title": "Just a heads up (LINE SEPARATOR character issue)",
    },
    ..... other items in array .....
]}

This just works on React & React Native

const data = require('./data/photos.json');

console.log('[-- typeof data --]', typeof data); // object


const fotos = data.xs.map(item => {
    return { uri: item };
});