HTML/Javascript: how to access JSON data loaded in a script tag with src set

You can’t load JSON like that, sorry.

I know you’re thinking “why I can’t I just use src here? I’ve seen stuff like this…”:

<script id="myJson" type="application/json">
 { 
   name: 'Foo' 
 }
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var x = JSON.parse($('#myJson').html());
        alert(x.name); //Foo
     });
</script>

… well to put it simply, that was just the script tag being “abused” as a data holder. You can do that with all sorts of data. For example, a lot of templating engines leverage script tags to hold templates.

You have a short list of options to load your JSON from a remote file:

1. Use $.get('your.json') or some other such AJAX method.
2. Write a file that sets a global variable to your json. (seems hokey).
3. Pull it into an invisible iframe, then scrape the contents of that after it’s loaded (I call this “1997 mode”)
4. Consult a voodoo priest.

Final point:

Remote JSON Request after page loads is also not an option, in case you want to suggest that.

… that doesn’t make sense. The difference between an AJAX request and a request sent by the browser while processing your <script src=""> is essentially nothing. They’ll both be doing a GET on the resource. HTTP doesn’t care if it’s done because of a script tag or an AJAX call, and neither will your server.