So how does JSONP really work?
JSONP is a way to fetch JSON data from a different domain, often in an asynchronous way, but without being restricted by the browser’s same-origin policy like you would be with XMLHttpRequest. But perhaps you only know it via a library like jQuery, which auto-magically handles JSONP URLs. Here’s a simple JSONP example and breakdown to show what’s really going on behind… Read more »