Format

A Connected Web file is a JSON or JSONP encoded file with one of the following extensions:
.json
.jsonp
.cweb

JSONP support is mandatory and it's used to allow client side cross domain requests, granting aggregation trough browsers without using a server. To enable JSONP the feed must accept the GET callback parameter and return the JSON formatted with padding.

Each Connected Web file consists in a multidimensional associative array and relies on a specific format and structure.

The internet media type of Connected Web are application/connectedweb+json for the JSON version and application/connectedweb+jsonp for the JSONP version.

File types

There are two main types of Connected Web files:

• feed: contains the contents that should be distributed, e.g.: articles, pictures, videos and more.
• source: includes all the information of the source of a feed. It's necessary to understand better which kind of contents does the feed distribute.

Hierarchy

The following diagram represents the structure hierarchy of a connected web file:

Feed File => Contents => Body Elements => Objects.
   - Source File