Nunjucks: Retrieve Data From Variables In Json File (npm Only)

I posted a similar question recently but did not get enough of a response to understand my problem. It seems like a question that gets asked a lot but never really answered properl

Solution 1:

For anyone that may come across this the solution, add

data_variable: require('../data.json')

to your route in the index.js file for each page of your site that needs data from a json file.

eg.

/* GET view1. */
router.get('/view1', function(req, res) {
        res.render('view1.njk', {
             data_variable: require('../variables.json')});
});