ective)  
[ ` default-src ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/default-src) fallback  |  Yes. If this directive is absent, the user agent will look for the ` default-src ` directive.   
  
##  Syntax

One or more sources can be allowed for the ` child-src ` policy:

http

    
    
    Content-Security-Policy: child-src <source>;
    Content-Security-Policy: child-src <source> <source>;
    

###  Sources

` <source> ` can be any one of the values listed in [ CSP Source Values ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/Sources#sources) .

Note that this same set of values can be used in all [ fetch directives ](/en-
US/docs/Glossary/Fetch_directive) (and a [ number of other directives ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/Sources#relevant_directives)
).

##  Examples

###  Violation cases

Given this CSP header:

http

    
    
    Content-Security-Policy: child-src https://example.com/
    

This [ ` <iframe> ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe) and worker are
blocked and won't load:

html

    
    
    <iframe src="https://not-example.com"></iframe>
    
    <script>
      const blockedWorker = new Worker("data:application/javascript,â¦");
    </script>
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ Content Security Policy Level 3  
#  directive-child-src  ](https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-csp/#directive-
child-src)  
  
##  Browser compatibility

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##  See also

  * [ ` Content-Security-Policy ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy)
  * [ ` <frame> ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/frame) and [ ` <iframe> ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe)
  * [ ` Worker ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Worker) , [ ` SharedWorker ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/SharedWorker) , [ ` ServiceWorker ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker)

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