Added new module for importing JSON files safely, along with test files

lib/importJSON.js

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+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+/**
+ * importJSON() Function to safely fetch and parse a JSON file
+ *
+ * @param {string} filename - The filename of the json file to be loaded
+ * @param {string} [dir='config'] - The directory to find the JSON file in
+ *
+ * @return {Object} The loaded object from the file
+ */
+function importJSON(filename, dir='config') {
+	const fullFilename = `${filename}.json`;
+	const pathToFile = path.join(__dirname, '..', dir, fullFilename);
+
+	// Validate that a file exists with that name within the config dir
+	if (!fs.existsSync(pathToFile))
+		throw new Error(`Missing file (${pathToFile})`);
+
+	// Import the file
+	let file;
+	try {
+		file = require(pathToFile);
+	} catch {
+		throw new Error(`Malformed file (${pathToFile})`);
+	}
+
+	return file;
+}
+
+module.exports = importJSON;