As of Node v0.5.x, yes.
You can require your JSON just as you would require a JS file.
const someObject = require('./somefile.json')
In ES6:
import someObject from './somefile.json'
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As of Node v0.5.x, yes.
You can require your JSON just as you would require a JS file.
const someObject = require('./somefile.json')
In ES6:
import someObject from './somefile.json'
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JSON files don’t require an explicit exports statement. You don't need to export to use it as Javascript files.
So, you can use just require for valid JSON document.
data.json
{
"name": "Freddie Mercury"
}
main.js
var obj = require('data.json');
console.log(obj.name);
//Freddie Mercury
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May 15, 2025 - After quite a bit of back and forth, the current Node.js LTS (currently v22) and future Node.js versions support JSON modules by using the JavaScript-native "import attributes".
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March 1, 2025 - import config from "./config.json" assert { type: "json" }; console.log(config); ✅ This method works only in ES Modules (type: "module" in package.json). If you need to load JSON dynamically, use the File System (fs) module:
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September 18, 2023 - Also, require caches whatever it loads, so if you need to reload a JSON file later in your program execution, it'll still return the same data, even if the file changed. While importing JSON files in Node.js is generally simple, you still have to do proper error handling along the way.
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Use an import assertion to import the JSON file.
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January 21, 2023 - My original statement is in my index.js file, so I will need to create a new one. I’ll name it pkgObj.cjs. module.exports = pkgObj = require('./package.json')
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May 30, 2023 -
Hi, is there any way to import .json file in to a js file like (import data from './data.json') ? I've tried that and also added <script type="module"/> in my html also still it was not working for me, I'd greatly appreciate to learn how to import json in my js file.
Thankyou in advance ;)
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Currently there is no way to directly import JSON files using JavaScript (ESM). You could load them in as data, but that would be going through a separate (usually asynchronous) API rather than using the module system such as fetch . If you're using a bundler (e.g. webpack, rollup, esbuild, etc.), they usually allow you to specify JSON in import statements from within your source code. Then, during bundling, those import statements are re-written to include your JSON through alternate means despite, to you, it appears to work no differently than any other source file. In the future we should be able to do this without the help of bundlers. For more information on that proposed feature, see: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-json-modules
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I do it like this: const response = await fetch('./my_json_file.json'); const json = await response.json(); And that's it. Of course you'll have to perform it in an async function (unless you'd rather just use the .then() syntax), but this'll do the trick.
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Return the parsed JSON source of the file at pjsonURL. ... Parse source as an ECMAScript module. ... If source contains top-level await, static import or export statements, or import.meta, return true.