So I was wondering if it is possible to have it return data from a json file instead of data specified in the server.js?
Short Answer is yes.
Justin suggested to use this line:
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res.json(lineman.grunt.file.readJSON("some-file.json")) |
However, lineman/grunt doesn’t exist errors happen, even if you include them in the function params.
This workaround did the trick.
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function readJSONFile(filename, callback) { require("fs").readFile(filename, function (err, data) { if (err) { callback(err); return; } try { callback(null, JSON.parse(data)); } catch (exception) { callback(exception); } }); } module.exports = { drawRoutes: function (app) { app.get('/api/books', function (req, res) { readJSONFile("config/api/books.json", function (err, json) { if (err) { throw err; } res.json(json); console.log(json); }); }); } }; |
Where your json files are stored here: config/api/ allowing much more freedom to switch in and out data using JSON. Nice.