javascript - JSON Parse File Path

Question

I'm stuck trying to get the correct path to the local file. I have the following directories:

Resources ->
   data ->
       file.json
   js ->
     folder ->
        script.js
   html ->
      folder ->
         file1.html

I'm executing script.js from file1.html, with js code:

var answers = JSON.parse('../../data/file.json');
alert(answers);

But it doesn't work, even alert is not starting. What is wrong?

Also I've tried this:

function readJSON(file) {
    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', file, false);
    request.send(null);
    if (request.status == 200)
        return request.responseText;
};

var temp = readJSON('../../data/file.json');
alert(temp);

Alert undefined in this case.

Answer 1

Since it is in the directory data/, You need to do:

file path is '../../data/file.json'

$.getJSON('../../data/file.json', function(data) {         
    alert(data);
});

Pure JS:

   var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   request.open("GET", "../../data/file.json", false);
   request.send(null)
   var my_JSON_object = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
   alert (my_JSON_object.result[0]);