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Im working with nightwatchjs and I need to perform some API calls.

In order to construct the request for a POST API call I need to retrieve a local json.

So that I

function retrieveJsonFile(path)
 var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
 var archivoTxt = new XMLHttpRequest();
 archivoTxt.open("GET", path, false);
 archivoTxt.send(null);
 console.log(archivoTxt);

When path is

'create.json'

What is logged on the console

 UNSENT: 0,
 OPENED: 1,
 HEADERS_RECEIVED: 2,
 LOADING: 3,
 DONE: 4,
 readyState: 4,
 onreadystatechange: null,
 responseText: undefined,
 responseXML: '',
 status: 0,
 statusText:
 errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
 code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
 syscall: 'connect',
 address: '127.0.0.1',
 port: 80 ,
 withCredentials: false,
 open: [Function],
 setDisableHeaderCheck: [Function],
 setRequestHeader: [Function],
 getResponseHeader: [Function],
 getAllResponseHeaders: [Function],
 getRequestHeader: [Function],
 send: [Function],
 handleError: [Function],
 abort: [Function],
 addEventListener: [Function],
 removeEventListener: [Function],
 dispatchEvent: [Function] 

I missed about what I am doing wrong here.
Can this be related to the default ip address?
Any clue about this error for this implementation?

Your path needs to be an URL that serves the file. You cannot just load a file from JavaScript by simply using its relative path.

Have you tried a simple :

var json = require('./create.json');

You could also try using the FileReader API to read directly from your browser.

Here's an example for an image :

var file = fileInput.files[0];
var imageType = /image.*/;

if (file.type.match(imageType)) 
 var reader = new FileReader();

 reader.onload = function(e) 
 fileDisplayArea.innerHTML = "";

 // Create a new image.
 var img = new Image();
 // Set the img src property using the data URL.
 img.src = reader.result;

 // Add the image to the page.
 fileDisplayArea.appendChild(img);
 

 reader.readAsDataURL(file); 
 else 
 fileDisplayArea.innerHTML = "File not supported!";