JSONP
JSONP stands for JSON with Padding. It's a special way to get information from a website using a script tag.
Imagine you want to get some information from a website, but you can't just ask for it directly because of something called cross-domain security measures. JSONP works around this by making a request to a different URL that wraps the information in a function that you can use on your website.
For example, let's say you want to get information about the weather in a certain city. You could make a request to a website that provides this information using JSONP. The website will send back the weather data wrapped in the name of a function that you specify. This function can then be used in your own code to display the data in the way you want.
For a five-year-old, it's like asking a friend to pass a toy to you, but your friend can't directly give it to you because you're sitting too far apart. So your friend wraps the toy in a special paper that lets you get the toy, and then they pass the paper to you. You can now open the paper and play with your toy!
Imagine you want to get some information from a website, but you can't just ask for it directly because of something called cross-domain security measures. JSONP works around this by making a request to a different URL that wraps the information in a function that you can use on your website.
For example, let's say you want to get information about the weather in a certain city. You could make a request to a website that provides this information using JSONP. The website will send back the weather data wrapped in the name of a function that you specify. This function can then be used in your own code to display the data in the way you want.
For a five-year-old, it's like asking a friend to pass a toy to you, but your friend can't directly give it to you because you're sitting too far apart. So your friend wraps the toy in a special paper that lets you get the toy, and then they pass the paper to you. You can now open the paper and play with your toy!