Add a JSON file, load it with jQuery and display the content
github-pages/json.md
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script> <script src="/json.js"></script> <div id="text"></div>
github-pages/json.js
$().ready(function(){ $.getJSON( "/data.json", function( data ) { console.log(data); $("#text").html(data["text"]); }); });
github-pages/data.json
{ "text" : "Text supplied in the JSON file" }