freettrpg/scripts/load.gd

extends Node

# Function to load JSON data from a file
func loadJSON(savePath):	
	# Check if the file exists
	if not FileAccess.file_exists(savePath):
		return 1  # Return error code 1 if file does not exist
	
	# Open the file for reading
	var fileAccess = FileAccess.open(savePath, FileAccess.READ)
	
	# Read the entire JSON string from the file
	var jsonString = fileAccess.get_line()
	
	fileAccess.close()  # Close the file
	
	# Create a new JSON instance
	var json = JSON.new()
	
	# Parse the JSON string into a JSON object
	var error = json.parse(jsonString)
	
	if error:
		return 1  # Return error code 1 if there was an error parsing JSON
	
	return json.data  # Return the loaded data