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 making Content (media), content 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 may also describ ...
in
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced or ) is an open standard file format and electronic data interchange, data interchange format that uses Human-readable medium and data, human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consi ...
instead of
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
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 ...
and
Atom
Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. An atom consists of a atomic nucleus, nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically bound swarm of electrons. The chemical elements are distinguished fr ...
.
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 1.1 Specification.
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
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Comparison of feed aggregators
The following is a comparison of RSS feed aggregators. E-mail programs and web browsers that have the ability to display RSS feeds are listed, as well as some cloud-based services that offer feed aggregation.
Many BitTorrent clients support ...
References
External links
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Computer file formats
Internet properties established in 2017
Open formats
Web syndication formats
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