PCF Controls Tips & Tricks: How to Bundle and Resolve Static JSON Files
JSON files are one of the most common and convenient ways to store structured data. They’re lightweight, human-readable, and easy to parse in JavaScript. In PCF Control development, they can be used a quick and convenient way to store and access static data.
In this post, I’ll show you how to easily configure your PCF control projects to bundle static JSON files and resolve their contents at runtime.
How it started
It all started when I began receiving complaints that my open-source Country Picker PCF control had suddenly stopped working properly. After some investigation, I realized the issue came from its dependency on a free third-party service used to query the country data— restcountries.
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