nodjes config file example

config.json

{
    "category":{
        "option" : "value" 
    }
}

options.js

'use strict';
let fs = require('fs');
let configPath = __dirname+'/config.json';
let parsed = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'UTF-8'));

exports.category = parsed.category;

whatever.js

const options = require(__dirname + '/options.js');
console.log(options.category.option);