How to get data from local JSON using Ajax?

Hello brilliant people!

I've been sitting hours trying to figure out why I cant load a local JSON file using Ajax. I bet it's some silly typo, of that I totally misunderstand something. I'm using Node.js Express.

The location of the two files:

"trollytrains/views/trips.ejs" (Doing the ajax-request)

"trollytrains/json/allstops.json"

$.ajax(
    {
      type: "GET",
      url: "../json/allstops.json",
      contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
      dataType: "json",     
      success: function (data) {

        alert('success');

      },

      error: function (msg) {
        alert("error");
        alert(msg.responseText);
      }
    });

I have tried altering the URL in all kinds of variations:

./allstops.json

allstops.json

json/allstops

/json/allstops

/json.allstops.json

No matter what I type I get a 404 error.

GET http://localhost:1337/json/allstops.json 404 (Not Found) jquery.min.js:4

Am I entering the wrong URL, or is there some other problem in my code that I haven't detected? I'm very new to JSON and Javascript so I wouln't be surprised.

I'd really appreciate some tips!

Best / J

via jeth0010