var jsonsettings = require("jsonsettings");
jsonsettings.default_settings_dir = "my_fav_settings";  // optional
var mysettings = new jsonsettings.SettingsFile({ ... options ... });

mysettings.data  // the JSON data

// When mysettings.data is changed, call mysettings.update() to write the changes back to the file
// (unless watchers are enabled - see below)

var jsonsettings = require("jsonsettings");

// Load settings from "mysettings/stuff.json" and log them to console when loaded
var mysettings = new jsonsettings.SettingsFile({
    filename: "stuff.json",
    settings_dir: "mysettings",
    onload: function () {
        console.log(mysettings.data);
    }
});

// Make some changes to the settings we loaded and write the changes back to the file
mysettings.data.newstuff = {hello: "world"};
mysettings.data.oldstuff.favorite = 3;
mysettings.update();

var jsonsettings = require("jsonsettings");
jsonsettings.default_settings_dir = "/serversettings";

var server_config = new jsonsettings.SettingsFile({
    use_watchers: true,
    onerror: function (err) {
        console.log(err);
    }
});

// Later on...
server_config.load("mystuff.json");
server_config.data.bob = "jim";
// As long as "bob" had a previous value, the changes have automatically been written back to the file.
// To make sure, we could have done this instead:
server_config.data.setProp("bob", "jim");
// or this:
server_config.data.setProp("bob");
server_config.data.bob = "jim";