JSON Feed is a
Web feed
On the World Wide Web, a web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors '' syndicate'' a web feed, thereby allowing users to ''subscribe'' a channel to it by adding the fee ...
file format for
Web syndication
Web syndication is a form of syndication in which content is made available from one website to other sites. Most commonly, websites are made available to provide either summaries or full renditions of a website's recently added content. The term ...
in
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced ; also ) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other s ...
instead of
XML as used by
RSS
RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many d ...
and
Atom
Every atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus. The nucleus is made of one or more protons and a number of neutrons. Only the most common variety of hydrogen has no neutrons.
Every solid, liquid, gas, ...
.
A range of software libraries and web frameworks support content syndication via JSON Feed. Supporting clients include
NetNewsWire,
NewsBlur,
ReadKit and Reeder.
Notable publishers include
NPR and the Microblogging platform
Micro.blog, which uses it as the response format for many API calls.
Example
This is an example feed using the 1.
Specification.ref> More details can be found on the website, including other optional properties like ''expired'' and ''hubs''. Custom objects may also be used by publishers, but feed readers that do not understand it must ignore it.
See also
*
Comparison of feed aggregators
References
External links
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Computer file formats
Computer-related introductions in 2017
Open formats
Web syndication formats
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