How to read JSON file in Premiere CEP extension?

Question

I've been working on a custom tools CEP panel for premiere at our studio. I've learned a lot about extendscript over the last year and our panel is getting pretty neat.
 
Now I want to add functionality using ecternal JSON files exported from our planner software. What I want to do is read names from the JSON file that will be used to create new sequences with those names in Premiere.
 
My problem is that I can't figure out how to read the JSON files. I've been reading about the fact that extendscript doesn't support JSON by default. Including the json2.js file (like I did in one of my After Effects scripts) doesn't seem to work in Premiere.
 
Hopefully someone can help me in the right direction, thanks!

edit2j47225339 · Answer

I found a solution. To get some JSON functionality into premiere CEP, you need to include this json.jsx in your panel's main jsx file: https://github.com/indiscripts/extendscript/tree/master/JSON

In my panel's Premiere.jsx i have this code and it works perfect:

#include "json.jsx";

var jsonFile = File(pathToJSONFile);
jsonFile.open('r');
var content = jsonFile.read();
jsonFile.close();

contentObj = JSON.eval(content);

Now 'contentObj' is an object with all the data from the JSON file.

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