topic Re: How do I set a variable to the contents of a &quot;.json&quot; file? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348251#M32184 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><UL><LI><A href="https://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/dojo/text.html">dojo/text</A>​ - This is the documentation for what <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/3101">Robert Scheitlin, GISP</A>​ mentioned.</LI><LI><A href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse">JSON.parse()</A>​ - Use this to convert the results from dojo/text into a JavaScript object.</LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:55:27 GMT JeffJacobson 2016-04-11T23:55:27Z How do I set a variable to the contents of a ".json" file? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348249#M32182 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Very new to coding...I am trying to set a variable to the contents of an external ".json" file. It contains an array. I can't figure out how to reference the file correctly in html/javascript and set the variable simply to the array. Thanks for any advise.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:10:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348249#M32182 JoshuaMcCurry 2016-04-11T21:10:41Z Re: How do I set a variable to the contents of a ".json" file? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348250#M32183 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Joshua,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; Sure just use 'dojo/text!pathyourjsonfile.json' in your apps require statements and then use the assigned parameter (i.e. myJson) to access it in your code.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:36:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348250#M32183 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2016-04-11T21:36:02Z Re: How do I set a variable to the contents of a ".json" file? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348251#M32184 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><UL><LI><A href="https://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/dojo/text.html">dojo/text</A>​ - This is the documentation for what <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/3101">Robert Scheitlin, GISP</A>​ mentioned.</LI><LI><A href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse">JSON.parse()</A>​ - Use this to convert the results from dojo/text into a JavaScript object.</LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:55:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-do-i-set-a-variable-to-the-contents-of-a-quot/m-p/348251#M32184 JeffJacobson 2016-04-11T23:55:27Z