Need help with: Trying to create DataTable with Ajax from JSON sourced data.

D.F.V.R

I started using Datatables only recently and it has been working great. I have created tables sourced from HTML and they have worked just fine.
Right now I am trying to create a table with data sourced from a local .json file. I have tried loading in the data from the .json file with Ajax but it does not seem to work, the table loads correctly but only displays "Loading..." where the cells should be and if I try to change the number of shown entries it instead displays "No data available in table" where the cells should be.
When I run the page inside the browser I am met with this error in the console "Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at file:///C:/Users/EIM/Desktop/D.F.V.R/SublimeText%20Files/Datatables-Exercises/test/employee_data.json?_=1639764577130. (Reason: CORS request not http)."

I am stuck on what I should do/try next since I am not very experienced with DataTables yet.

All the files are stored locally inside the same folder.

D.F.V.R

http://live.datatables.net/xiyafima/1/edit

JS Bin with my code copy pasted.

D.F.V.R

JSON file text:

{
"data": [
{
"Name": "Tiger Nixon",
"Position": "System Architect",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "61",
"Start_date": "2011/04/25",
"Salary": "$320,800"
},
{
"Name": "Garrett Winters",
"Position": "Accountant",
"Office": "Tokyo",
"Age": "63",
"Start_date": "2011/07/25",
"Salary": "$170,750"
},
{
"Name": "Ashton Cox",
"Position": "Junior Technical Author",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "66",
"Start_date": "2009/01/12",
"Salary": "$86,000"
},
{
"Name": "Cedric Kelly",
"Position": "Senior Javascript Developer",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "22",
"Start_date": "2012/03/29",
"Salary": "$433,060"
},
{
"Name": "Airi Satou",
"Position": "Accountant",
"Office": "Tokyo",
"Age": "33",
"Start_date": "2008/11/28",
"Salary": "$162,700"
},
{
"Name": "Brielle Williamson",
"Position": "Integration Specialist",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "61",
"Start_date": "2012/12/02",
"Salary": "$372,000"
},
{
"Name": "Herrod Chandler",
"Position": "Sales Assistant",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "59",
"Start_date": "2012/08/06",
"Salary": "$137,500"
},
{
"Name": "Rhona Davidson",
"Position": "Integration Specialist",
"Office": "Tokyo",
"Age": "55",
"Start_date": "2010/10/14",
"Salary": "$327,900"
},
{
"Name": "Colleen Hurst",
"Position": "Javascript Developer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "39",
"Start_date": "2009/09/15",
"Salary": "$205,500"
},
{
"Name": "Sonya Frost",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "23",
"Start_date": "2008/12/13",
"Salary": "$103,600"
},
{
"Name": "Jena Gaines",
"Position": "Office Manager",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "30",
"Start_date": "2008/12/19",
"Salary": "$90,560"
},
{
"Name": "Quinn Flynn",
"Position": "Support Lead",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "22",
"Start_date": "2013/03/03",
"Salary": "$342,000"
},
{
"Name": "Charde Marshall",
"Position": "Regional Director",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "36",
"Start_date": "2008/10/16",
"Salary": "$470,600"
},
{
"Name": "Haley Kennedy",
"Position": "Senior Marketing Designer",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "43",
"Start_date": "2012/12/18",
"Salary": "$313,500"
},
{
"Name": "Tatyana Fitzpatrick",
"Position": "Regional Director",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "19",
"Start_date": "2010/03/17",
"Salary": "$385,750"
},
{
"Name": "Michael Silva",
"Position": "Marketing Designer",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "66",
"Start_date": "2012/11/27",
"Salary": "$198,500"
},
{
"Name": "Paul Byrd",
"Position": "Chief Financial Officer (CFO)",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "64",
"Start_date": "2010/06/09",
"Salary": "$725,000"
},
{
"Name": "Gloria Little",
"Position": "Systems Administrator",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "59",
"Start_date": "2009/04/10",
"Salary": "$237,500"
},
{
"Name": "Bradley Greer",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "41",
"Start_date": "2012/10/13",
"Salary": "$132,000"
},
{
"Name": "Dai Rios",
"Position": "Personnel Lead",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "35",
"Start_date": "2012/09/26",
"Salary": "$217,500"
},
{
"Name": "Jenette Caldwell",
"Position": "Development Lead",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "30",
"Start_date": "2011/09/03",
"Salary": "$345,000"
},
{
"Name": "Yuri Berry",
"Position": "Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "40",
"Start_date": "2009/06/25",
"Salary": "$675,000"
},
{
"Name": "Caesar Vance",
"Position": "Pre-Sales Support",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "21",
"Start_date": "2011/12/12",
"Salary": "$106,450"
},
{
"Name": "Doris Wilder",
"Position": "Sales Assistant",
"Office": "Sydney",
"Age": "23",
"Start_date": "2010/09/20",
"Salary": "$85,600"
},
{
"Name": "Angelica Ramos",
"Position": "Chief Executive Officer (CEO)",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "47",
"Start_date": "2009/10/09",
"Salary": "$1,200,000"
},
{
"Name": "Gavin Joyce",
"Position": "Developer",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "42",
"Start_date": "2010/12/22",
"Salary": "$92,575"
},
{
"Name": "Jennifer Chang",
"Position": "Regional Director",
"Office": "Singapore",
"Age": "28",
"Start_date": "2010/11/14",
"Salary": "$357,650"
},
{
"Name": "Brenden Wagner",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "28",
"Start_date": "2011/06/07",
"Salary": "$206,850"
},
{
"Name": "Fiona Green",
"Position": "Chief Operating Officer (COO)",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "48",
"Start_date": "2010/03/11",
"Salary": "$850,000"
},
{
"Name": "Shou Itou",
"Position": "Regional Marketing",
"Office": "Tokyo",
"Age": "20",
"Start_date": "2011/08/14",
"Salary": "$163,000"
},
{
"Name": "Michelle House",
"Position": "Integration Specialist",
"Office": "Sydney",
"Age": "37",
"Start_date": "2011/06/02",
"Salary": "$95,400"
},
{
"Name": "Suki Burks",
"Position": "Developer",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "53",
"Start_date": "2009/10/22",
"Salary": "$114,500"
},
{
"Name": "Prescott Bartlett",
"Position": "Technical Author",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "27",
"Start_date": "2011/05/07",
"Salary": "$145,000"
},
{
"Name": "Gavin Cortez",
"Position": "Team Leader",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "22",
"Start_date": "2008/10/26",
"Salary": "$235,500"
},
{
"Name": "Martena Mccray",
"Position": "Post-Sales support",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "46",
"Start_date": "2011/03/09",
"Salary": "$324,050"
},
{
"Name": "Unity Butler",
"Position": "Marketing Designer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "47",
"Start_date": "2009/12/09",
"Salary": "$85,675"
},
{
"Name": "Howard Hatfield",
"Position": "Office Manager",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "51",
"Start_date": "2008/12/16",
"Salary": "$164,500"
},
{
"Name": "Hope Fuentes",
"Position": "Secretary",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "41",
"Start_date": "2010/02/12",
"Salary": "$109,850"
},
{
"Name": "Vivian Harrell",
"Position": "Financial Controller",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "62",
"Start_date": "2009/02/14",
"Salary": "$452,500"
},
{
"Name": "Timothy Mooney",
"Position": "Office Manager",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "37",
"Start_date": "2008/12/11",
"Salary": "$136,200"
},
{
"Name": "Jackson Bradshaw",
"Position": "Director",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "65",
"Start_date": "2008/09/26",
"Salary": "$645,750"
},
{
"Name": "Olivia Liang",
"Position": "Support Engineer",
"Office": "Singapore",
"Age": "64",
"Start_date": "2011/02/03",
"Salary": "$234,500"
},
{
"Name": "Bruno Nash",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "38",
"Start_date": "2011/05/03",
"Salary": "$163,500"
},
{
"Name": "Sakura Yamamoto",
"Position": "Support Engineer",
"Office": "Tokyo",
"Age": "37",
"Start_date": "2009/08/19",
"Salary": "$139,575"
},
{
"Name": "Thor Walton",
"Position": "Developer",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "61",
"Start_date": "2013/08/11",
"Salary": "$98,540"
},
{
"Name": "Finn Camacho",
"Position": "Support Engineer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "47",
"Start_date": "2009/07/07",
"Salary": "$87,500"
},
{
"Name": "Serge Baldwin",
"Position": "Data Coordinator",
"Office": "Singapore",
"Age": "64",
"Start_date": "2012/04/09",
"Salary": "$138,575"
},
{
"Name": "Zenaida Frank",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "63",
"Start_date": "2010/01/04",
"Salary": "$125,250"
},
{
"Name": "Zorita Serrano",
"Position": "Software Engineer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "56",
"Start_date": "2012/06/01",
"Salary": "$115,000"
},
{
"Name": "Jennifer Acosta",
"Position": "Junior Javascript Developer",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "43",
"Start_date": "2013/02/01",
"Salary": "$75,650"
},
{
"Name": "Cara Stevens",
"Position": "Sales Assistant",
"Office": "New York",
"Age": "46",
"Start_date": "2011/12/06",
"Salary": "$145,600"
},
{
"Name": "Hermione Butler",
"Position": "Regional Director",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "47",
"Start_date": "2011/03/21",
"Salary": "$356,250"
},
{
"Name": "Lael Greer",
"Position": "Systems Administrator",
"Office": "London",
"Age": "21",
"Start_date": "2009/02/27",
"Salary": "$103,500"
},
{
"Name": "Jonas Alexander",
"Position": "Developer",
"Office": "San Francisco",
"Age": "30",
"Start_date": "2010/07/14",
"Salary": "$86,500"
},
{
"Name": "Shad Decker",
"Position": "Regional Director",
"Office": "Edinburgh",
"Age": "51",
"Start_date": "2008/11/13",
"Salary": "$183,000"
},
{
"Name": "Michael Bruce",
"Position": "Javascript Developer",
"Office": "Singapore",
"Age": "29",
"Start_date": "2011/06/27",
"Salary": "$183,000"
},
]
}

kthorngren

Looks like you are trying to load the file directly from the filesystem. For security reasons browser's won't allow ajax to load files directly from the filesystem. You will need a webserver (it can be local to your machine) to host the file.

Kevin

allan

You've marked Kevin's answer as Rejected, but it is in fact correct. That you are using file:// rather than http[s]:// via a web-server means that Ajax will not operate as normal (that would be a big security risk).

Do you have a web server you can use? It should work okay then.

Allan