Note: This page covers Parcel 1, the documentation for Parcel 2 is being worked on here: v2.parceljs.org

JSON

Supported extensions: json, json5

You can import json files into your js like this import data from './filename.json'.

Example file structure:

.
├── package.json
└── src
    ├── data.json
    └── index.js
{
  "hello": [
    "world",
    "computer"
  ]
}
// index.js

import data from './data.json'
console.log(data.hello[0]);

// "world"

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