How can you stream a JSON file in Node.js and interpret it as JSON? -

i have json file want use in node.js script. want pass json , script parse it. tried using fs.readfilesync(filename), returns buffer. how can convert json can parse it?

if read buffer, can convert json.parse().

> var fs = require('fs'); undefined > a=fs.readfilesync('a.json'); <buffer 7b 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 22 67 6c 6f 73 73 61 72 79 22 ...> > json.parse(a); { glossary:    { title: 'example glossary',      glossdiv: { title: 's', glosslist: [object] } } } 

file must valid json.

you can require directly load json.

> var a=require('a.json'); undefined > { glossary:    { title: 'example glossary',      glossdiv: { title: 's', glosslist: [object] } } } 

by default require checks inside node_modules folder inside current directory not current folder. should give path.