Create and serve a Podcasting 2.0 JSON chapters file

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Verified steps

  1. Create a JSON file with a top-level 'version' field set to '1.2.0' (the current Podcast Chapters JSON spec version) and a 'chapters' array containing chapter objects
  2. Each chapter object requires 'startTime' as a float representing seconds from the beginning of the audio (e.g., 0.0 for the start, 125.5 for 2 minutes and 5.5 seconds) and 'title' as a string for the chapter label
  3. Add optional fields per chapter: 'img' (URL to a chapter-specific image that players can display), 'url' (a hyperlink the listener can open from the chapter), and 'toc' (boolean — set to false to create a silent marker that triggers an image or action change without appearing in the chapter table of contents)
  4. Reference the chapters file from the RSS feed item using the 'podcast:chapters' tag: '<podcast:chapters url="https://cdn.example.com/ep1/chapters.json" type="application/json+chapters" />' — the file can be updated after publishing without changing the RSS feed
  5. Serve the chapters JSON file with 'Content-Type: application/json' and ensure it is publicly accessible without authentication — podcast apps fetch it directly from the URL in the feed
  6. Validate the file structure against the Podcasting Index chapters specification and test in a supporting app such as Podverse or Fountain — check that chapter images load and that the table of contents excludes 'toc: false' markers

Known gotchas

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