Loading local JSON file

I'm trying to load a local JSON file but it won't work. Here is my JavaScript code (using jQuery):

var json = $.getJSON("test.json");
var data = eval("(" +json.responseText + ")");
document.write(data["a"]);

The test.json file:

{"a" : "b", "c" : "d"}

Nothing is displayed and Firebug tells me that data is undefined. In Firebug I can see json.responseText and it is good and valid, but it's strange when I copy the line:

 var data = eval("(" +json.responseText + ")");

in Firebug's console, it works and I can access data.

Does anyone have a solution?

Solution 1:

$.getJSON is asynchronous so you should do:

$.getJSON("test.json", function(json) {
    console.log(json); // this will show the info it in firebug console
});

Solution 2:

I had the same need (to test my angularjs app), and the only way I found is to use require.js:

var json = require('./data.json'); //(with path)

note: the file is loaded once, further calls will use the cache.

More on reading files with nodejs: http://docs.nodejitsu.com/articles/file-system/how-to-read-files-in-nodejs

require.js: http://requirejs.org/