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|  | # load-json-file [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/load-json-file)
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|  | > Read and parse a JSON file
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|  | [Strips UTF-8 BOM](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom), uses [`graceful-fs`](https://github.com/isaacs/node-graceful-fs), and throws more [helpful JSON errors](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-json). | ||
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|  | ## Install
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|  | ``` | ||
|  | $ npm install --save load-json-file | ||
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|  | ## Usage
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|  | ```js | ||
|  | const loadJsonFile = require('load-json-file'); | ||
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|  | loadJsonFile('foo.json').then(json => { | ||
|  | 	console.log(json); | ||
|  | 	//=> {foo: true} | ||
|  | }); | ||
|  | ``` | ||
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|  | ## API
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|  | ### loadJsonFile(filepath)
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|  | Returns a promise for the parsed JSON. | ||
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|  | ### loadJsonFile.sync(filepath)
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|  | Returns the parsed JSON. | ||
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|  | ## Related
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|  | - [write-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/write-json-file) - Stringify and write JSON to a file atomically | ||
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|  | ## License
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|  | MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) |