read json file and use data object code example
Example: read json data from file
// consider your file data is something like json string but aving parse issue
//that means some additional char is there
fs.readFile(ROLES_FILE, "utf8", (err, data) => {
if (err) {
res.status(403).json({});
}
const [localScope, action] = scope.split(".");
const mapper = JSON.parse(data.toString("utf8").replace(/^\uFEFF/, ""));
const isAllowed = checkRole(mapper, localScope, action, role);
if (isAllowed) {
next();
} else {
res.status(403).json({});
}