How to read JSON file in Premiere CEP extension?

[edit2j47225339]

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!

[Guest]

Can't you use the standard javascript JSON.parse()? 

[edit2j47225339]

No, JSON is not supported by default. But I found a solution. I'll share it here.

[edit2j47225339]

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. 

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

You can just use JSON2

https://cdnjs.com/libraries/json2

and include it with

//@include 'json.js';

[edit2j47225339]

Ah, so if I understand correctly it's the way I included it with #include that didn't make it work with JSON2?

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

You can use //@include or #include, I like the former better cause it doesn't show errors in your IDE. You basically read the file with ExtendScript and then parse the contents with JSON.parse()