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Access JSON object from another file in Javascript

Perhaps a simple question but I am still new to JS / nodeJS.
I have a script that is doing some basic string matching (dict.js), and I am trying to access a JSON formatted object from another file (words.json) to iterate through.
The directory structure looks like:
scratch
- algorithms
- dict.js
- utilities
- words.json
The contents of the files are:
words.json
{"a": 1,"aa": 1,"aaa": 1,"aah": 1,"aahed": 1,"aahing": 1,"aahs": 1,"aal": 1}
dict.js
decode (password) {
const jsonData = require('../utilities/words.json');
myObj = JSON.parse(jsonData);
for (const x in myObj) {
console.log(x)
// compare password against item in words.json
}
console.log(Object.keys(myObj).length)
return "stub";
}
I am getting an error in developer tools when I create a block (this is the backend to a block in Scratch) that uses this Decode function.
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1
Thanks

In nodejs environment you can directly import json file data without parsing it. For exaple:
const myObj = require('../utilities/words');
This gives you the data in your json file as a ready-to-go object.
In your case, you are trying to parse json object with JSON.parse() which expects stringified json. So just remove the part JSON.parse(jsonData);

Flask: python object to json triggering error when read by javascript

I'm trying to pass python dictionaries and javascript objects back and forth as necessary. From similar questions, I've gathered that I need to do this.
Python:
posts = [
{'author':'JL Rowling','title':'Harry Potter'},
{'author':'JRR Tolkien','title':'Lord of the Rings'},
]
Javascript:
var jsonPosts = JSON.parse({{ posts }});
console.log(jsonPosts);
Likewise, these doesn't work either:
var jsonPosts = JSON.parse(posts|tojson);
var jsonPosts = {{ posts|tojson }};
The JS error I'm triggering is TypeError: Object of type Undefined is not JSON serializable
I got this advice from the following Q/A:
Python to Javascript JSON objects (Flask)
How can I pass data from Flask to JavaScript in a template?
How can I fix this?
Edit:
I've used answer recommendation and found the following error to be present in the console:
VM129:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0
at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
at about:16
Corresponding to
let jsonPosts = JSON.parse();
It seems that it doesn't have access to encoded_posts.

You need to use the encoded posts:
encoded_posts = json.dumps(posts)
That will give you string, which is what JSON.parse is expecting.
var jsonPosts = JSON.parse({{ encoded_posts }});

how to solve problem getting json object element

I have a json object that i want to use.
{
"type": "PROVIDER_PAYLOAD",
"message": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjVkOTQ3OTg4N2RlMGRkMDc4ZjEzM2FmNyIsImVtYWlsIjoiYWxzb25nZHVuc3RhbjJAZ21haWwuY29tIiwicm9sZSI6IkNVU1RPTUVSIiwiaWF0IjoxNTcwMDI3MDA4fQ.FcpoBPmhTSX535bNgE2ezCCWsNFPjEhc87hM4y6WadM"
}
so when i try to access it using
console.log("Postback: " + payload.type)
but i get an error of
Postback: undefined
i have looked over some resources on the web and most of them do it this way and it works but i am not sure why mine is not giving the value for type
thanks in advance

Subh is right. You have to parse the JSON into an object before accessing type using payload.type syntax.
So, let's say you have the following:
let payload = {
"type": "PROVIDER_PAYLOAD",
"message": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzWadM"
}
You have to convert it into a JS object using JSON.parse:
let payloadObj = JSON.parse(payload);
Now, if you do payloadObj.type, you should be fine.
console.log(payloadObj.type); // PROVIDER_PAYLOAD
It should work fine.
UPDATE: ERROR: SyntaxError: Unexpected token a in JSON at position 0
If you are getting this error, try following to Parse the payload.
let payloadObj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payload))
It should solve the problem for you.

Json receive a request

Hi i have generate this
jsonWriter
.key(FEEDBACK)
.object()
.key(DOCUMENT)
.value(idDocument)
.endObject();
When it come it coming something like this : {"feedback":{"document":"0.23106060923811467"}
When i try to create the object json it gives me an error:
JSONTokener json = new JSONTokener(request.getParameter("id"));
Thanks in advance

Python Error When Accessing JSON Data From AngularJS POST

I am trying to send data to a python script via POST but unable to read it. The UI is in AngularJS. I have seen similar questions but they are either not using AngularJS or not using POST.
The Angular code:
$scope.send = function(){
$data = {
"tableData":$scope.personsSelected
}
$postData = JSON.stringify($data);
Services.post('testbed.cgi', $postData);
}
Python Code:
formData = cgi.FieldStorage()
print json.dumps(formData)
Error Message:
TypeError: FieldStorage(None, None, []) is not JSON serializable
I have tried setting the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded but to no avail. What am I missing here?

The issue is with the data you are trying to send as JSON. Whats the data you are trying to send? Is it a Python object? This may help you. Are those plain strings? Dictionary? Do they have invalid characters? You can use JSON Lint to check validity.