How do I know if a server has JSONP turned on?

Question

How do I know if a server has JSONP turned on? It is not my server, but I try to access some information from the rendered html.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For most servers, you can make a request in your browser to whatever JSON page/service they have and just add a callback function in the URL, for example if it's this:

http://example.com/getJson?var=something

Add the callback query parameter, like this:

http://example.com/getJson?var=something&callback=myFunction

The response instead of this (it will look like this if it doesn't support JSONP):

{ "thing": "value" .... }

Should look like this (again, if it supports JSONP):

myFunction({ "thing": "value" .... });

Answer 2

The server has JSONP turned on if you can add callback to the URL:

http://example.com/api/get_info.js?callback=myfunc

and the server responds with your requested information in JSON-format, wrapped with your callback:

myfunc({
    /* json formatted data goes here */
});

Answer 3

You read the API documentation for the web service that you are trying to access.