For Angular 5+ only preform steps 1 and 4
In order to access your file locally in Angular 2+ you should do the following (4 steps):
[1] Inside your assets folder create a .json file, example: data.json
[2] Go to your angular.cli.json (angular.json in Angular 6+) inside your project and inside the assets array put another object (after the package.json object) like this:
{ "glob": "data.json", "input": "./", "output": "./assets/" }
full example from angular.cli.json
"apps": [
{
"root": "src",
"outDir": "dist",
"assets": [
"assets",
"favicon.ico",
{ "glob": "package.json", "input": "../", "output": "./assets/" },
{ "glob": "data.json", "input": "./", "output": "./assets/" }
],
Remember, data.json is just the example file we've previously added in the assets folder (you can name your file whatever you want to)
[3] Try to access your file via localhost. It should be visible within this address, http://localhost:your_port/assets/data.json
If it's not visible then you've done something incorrectly. Make sure you can access it by typing it in the URL field in your browser before proceeding to step #4.
[4] Now preform a GET request to retrieve your .json file (you've got your full path .json URL and it should be simple)
constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}
// Make the HTTP request:
this.http.get('http://localhost:port/assets/data.json')
.subscribe(data => console.log(data));