How to Create JSONP-Compatible Endpoints in JavaScript: A Comprehensive Guide

Creating JSONP-Compatible Endpoints in JavaScript

Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) restrictions can hinder communication between websites hosted on different domains. JSONP (JSON with padding) provides a workaround by leveraging the browser's handling of script tags.

How to Implement JSONP in PHP

To create a JSONP-capable endpoint in PHP, follow these steps:

1. Accept a callback parameter in the GET request, e.g., $callback = $_GET['callback'];.
2. Wrap the callback JavaScript function around the JSON response in the browser, e.g., $callback.'('.$data.');'.
3. Set appropriate HTTP headers for CORS, e.g.:

<code class="php">header('Content-Type: text/javascript; charset=utf8');
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://www.example.com/');
header('Access-Control-Max-Age: 3628800');
header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE');</code>

This code returns a JavaScript file with the JSON object passed as the parameter to the callback function.

Utilizing JSONP-Compatible Endpoints

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