---
title: ComponentLink
framework: applenewsformat
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
path: applenewsformat/componentlink
---

# ComponentLink

The component addition object for making a component interactive and opening a link to another location in News.

## Declaration

```data
object ComponentLink
```

## Properties

URL: The URL to open when someone interacts with the component. type: The type of addition. Use link.

## Discussion

Discussion Use the ComponentLink object to define a link for a component by specifying the URL. Apple News ignores links that it can’t resolve to a valid entity. You can use this object in Aside, Chapter, Container, Logo, Image, and Section. Example {   "components": [     {       "role": "image",       "URL": "bundle://image.jpg",       "additions": [         {           "type": "link",           "URL": "https://apple.news/TqT-jfrI0QXaYqGoz68HYeQ"         }       ]     }   ] }

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [ComponentAddition](applenewsformat/componentaddition.md)

## See Also

### Links

- [LinkAddition](applenewsformat/linkaddition.md)
- [Addition](applenewsformat/addition.md)
- [ComponentAddition](applenewsformat/componentaddition.md)
- [SupportedURLs](applenewsformat/supportedurls.md)
- [SupportedInternalURLs](applenewsformat/supportedinternalurls.md)