How to parse external JSON file in the .jsx file - json

Question

I'm new with React and need some one with my json file Parsing problem. I am having a PerfCompare.jsx with a variable needed in the following compare. And i need this var parsing from a external JSON file(trscConfig.JSON). I am using this lines to do. but always get this SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
trscConfig.JSON
{
"server" : "http://myserver.com"
}
PerfCompare.jsx
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Form, Input, Button, Radio, Row, Table, Divider, Progress, Alert } from 'antd';
import math from 'mathjs';
import { stringify } from 'qs';
import PerffarmRunJSON from './lib/PerffarmRunJSON';
import JenkinsRunJSON from './lib/JenkinsRunJSON';
import benchmarkVariantsInfo from './lib/benchmarkVariantsInfo';
import './PerfCompare.css';
//import App_DATA from './trscConfig.JSON';
const server_2 = JSON.parse('./trscConfig.JSON').server;

Answer 1

Use fetch():
const response = await fetch('trscConfig.JSON');
const json = await response.json();
const server_2 = json.server;
Or, if your build tool doesn't support await yet:
fetch('trscConfig.JSON')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => {
const server_2 = json.server;
});
In either case, downloading the JSON file at runtime will mean the response will not be available immediately. If this is a React component, I suggest doing this in componentDidMount().
Alternatively, if the JSON file is a static asset:
import {server as server_2} from './trscConfig.JSON';

Answer 2

JSON.parse doesn't know how to make HTTP requests/read files - it just parses exactly what you've passed in. In this case, it's failing because it's trying to convert the literal string ./trscConfig.JSON into a JSON object!
There's two ways you could get this working:
Load in the JSON via your module bundler, as you're doing in the commented out line in your code. I believe Webpack (and most others) support this out of the box, but your configuration might have it disabled, intentionally or otherwise. It might also be because you're using uppercase file extensions - try it with a file that has .json in lowercase.
Use XMLHttpRequest, the Fetch API, or a third-party HTTP client library to download the JSON at runtime, and then parse the downloaded text.