get text from txt file javascript code example

Example 1: read file javascript

// As with JSON, use the Fetch API & ES6
fetch('something.txt')
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(data => {
  	// Do something with your data
  	console.log(data);
  });

Example 2: how to load localt ext file in js

const fileUrl = '' // provide file location

fetch(fileUrl)
   .then( r => r.text() )
   .then( t => console.log(t) )

Example 3: extract string from text file javascript

$(function () {
    $.get('/your_file.txt', function (data) {
       words = data.split('\s');
    });
});