Loading A JSON File In A VSTS Extension

I'm trying to write a VSTS extension that needs to load (and parse) a JSON file but I'm having a hard time finding the right way to do it. So I have something like: VSS.init({

Solution 1:

You can retrieve content through HTTP request, for example:

 onSaved: function (args) {
                        console.log("onSaved -" + JSON.stringify(args));
                        var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
                        request.open('GET', 'TestData.txt', true);
                        request.send(null);
                        request.onreadystatechange = function () {
                            if (request.readyState === 4 && request.status === 200) {
                                var type = request.getResponseHeader('Content-Type');
                                console.log(request.responseText);
                            }
                        }