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title: "JSON Feed: RSS, but JSON · Ihab Khattab"
description: "JSON Feed is a feed format like RSS and Atom, written in JSON instead of XML. I stumbled upon it while playing with a project that required converting RSS to…"
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# JSON Feed: RSS, but JSON

Nov 24, 2023 · [Also on X](https://x.com/HO_BA/status/1728085482272100830)

[JSON Feed](https://www.jsonfeed.org/) is a feed format like RSS and Atom, written in JSON instead of XML. I stumbled upon it while playing with a project that required converting RSS to JSON.

```json
{
  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1",
  "title": "My Example Feed",
  "home_page_url": "https://example.org/",
  "feed_url": "https://example.org/feed.json",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "2",
      "content_text": "This is a second item.",
      "url": "https://example.org/second-item"
    }
  ]
}
```

Why are we still using XML for feeds when JSON seems to be a more direct, streamlined option?

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