JSONP

Also known as JSON with Padding

thumb | right | alt=Graphical logo for JSONP | Graphical logo for JSONP JSONP, or JSON-P (JSON with Padding), is a JavaScript technique for requesting data via the HTML element. It was proposed by Bob Ippolito in 2005. JSONP enables sharing of data bypassing same-origin policy, which disallows running JavaScript code to read media DOM elements or XMLHttpRequest data fetched from outside the page's originating site. The originating site is indicated by a combination of URI scheme, hostname, and port number.