# How can I read this json file?

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**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [June 6, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-read-this-json-file/21623 "2020-06-06T14:12:29Z")
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#### Post date: [June 6, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-read-this-json-file/21623/3 "2020-06-06T14:33:34Z")

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`loadJSON` is asynchronous, meaning it may not have finished when `draw` is called. The [documentation for `loadJSON`](https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/loadJSON) shows how to handle that using a callback function or by fetching the JSON file inside the `preload` function.

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