---
id: reference.content-sdk.openManifestContentSource
title: openManifestContentSource
summary: Open and validate one immutable static manifest revision. The caller
  owns trust in the compiler output and host. Browser URLs must use the
  application's origin. Requests reject redirects and unexpected content types.
type: code-reference
area: publishing
subarea: publishing-content-delivery
canonical: /content-delivery/sdk/open-manifest-content-source
---

# openManifestContentSource

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**Updated: 2026-09-27.**

**Function** `shoalrun.content.openManifestContentSource`

```typescript
openManifestContentSource(options: ManifestContentSourceOptions): Promise<ContentSnapshot>
```

Open and validate one immutable static manifest revision.
The caller owns trust in the compiler output and host. Browser URLs must use
the application's origin. Requests reject redirects and unexpected content types.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type / default                                                                                                     | Description                                                     |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `options` | [`ManifestContentSourceOptions`](https://www.shoalrun.com/content-delivery/sdk/manifest-content-source-options.md) | Manifest URL, request implementation, cancellation, and limits. |

## Returns

`Promise<`[`ContentSnapshot`](https://www.shoalrun.com/content-delivery/sdk/content-snapshot.md)`>`

A revision-pinned snapshot for listing and reading exported resources.

## Examples

```typescript
const snapshot = await openManifestContentSource({ manifestUrl: '/help/manifest.json' });
const page = await snapshot.get({ kind: 'page', documentId: 'guide.start' }, { format: 'markdown' });
snapshot.dispose();
```