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cors
CORS is a node.js package for providing a Connect/Express middleware that can be used to enable CORS with various options.
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Installation
This is a Node.js module available through the
npm registry. Installation is done using the
npm install
command:
$ npm install cors
Usage
Simple Usage (Enable All CORS Requests)
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
app.use(cors())
app.get('/products/:id', function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for all origins!'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
Enable CORS for a Single Route
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
app.get('/products/:id', cors(), function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a Single Route'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
Configuring CORS
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
var corsOptions = {
origin: 'http://example.com',
optionsSuccessStatus: 200 // some legacy browsers (IE11, various SmartTVs) choke on 204
}
app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptions), function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for only example.com.'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
Configuring CORS w/ Dynamic Origin
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
var whitelist = ['http://example1.com', 'http://example2.com']
var corsOptions = {
origin: function (origin, callback) {
if (whitelist.indexOf(origin) !== -1) {
callback(null, true)
} else {
callback(new Error('Not allowed by CORS'))
}
}
}
app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptions), function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a whitelisted domain.'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
If you do not want to block REST tools or server-to-server requests,
add a !origin
check in the origin function like so:
var corsOptions = {
origin: function (origin, callback) {
if (whitelist.indexOf(origin) !== -1 || !origin) {
callback(null, true)
} else {
callback(new Error('Not allowed by CORS'))
}
}
}
Enabling CORS Pre-Flight
Certain CORS requests are considered 'complex' and require an initial
OPTIONS
request (called the "pre-flight request"). An example of a
'complex' CORS request is one that uses an HTTP verb other than
GET/HEAD/POST (such as DELETE) or that uses custom headers. To enable
pre-flighting, you must add a new OPTIONS handler for the route you want
to support:
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
app.options('/products/:id', cors()) // enable pre-flight request for DELETE request
app.del('/products/:id', cors(), function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for all origins!'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
You can also enable pre-flight across-the-board like so:
app.options('*', cors()) // include before other routes
Configuring CORS Asynchronously
var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
var whitelist = ['http://example1.com', 'http://example2.com']
var corsOptionsDelegate = function (req, callback) {
var corsOptions;
if (whitelist.indexOf(req.header('Origin')) !== -1) {
corsOptions = { origin: true } // reflect (enable) the requested origin in the CORS response
} else {
corsOptions = { origin: false } // disable CORS for this request
}
callback(null, corsOptions) // callback expects two parameters: error and options
}
app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptionsDelegate), function (req, res, next) {
res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a whitelisted domain.'})
})
app.listen(80, function () {
console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80')
})
Configuration Options
origin
: Configures the Access-Control-Allow-Origin CORS header. Possible values:Boolean
- setorigin
totrue
to reflect the request origin, as defined byreq.header('Origin')
, or set it tofalse
to disable CORS.String
- setorigin
to a specific origin. For example if you set it to"http://example.com"
only requests from "http://example.com" will be allowed.RegExp
- setorigin
to a regular expression pattern which will be used to test the request origin. If it's a match, the request origin will be reflected. For example the pattern/example\.com$/
will reflect any request that is coming from an origin ending with "example.com".Array
- setorigin
to an array of valid origins. Each origin can be aString
or aRegExp
. For example["http://example1.com", /\.example2\.com$/]
will accept any request from "http://example1.com" or from a subdomain of "example2.com".Function
- setorigin
to a function implementing some custom logic. The function takes the request origin as the first parameter and a callback (which expects the signatureerr [object], allow [bool]
) as the second.
methods
: Configures the Access-Control-Allow-Methods CORS header. Expects a comma-delimited string (ex: 'GET,PUT,POST') or an array (ex:['GET', 'PUT', 'POST']
).allowedHeaders
: Configures the Access-Control-Allow-Headers CORS header. Expects a comma-delimited string (ex: 'Content-Type,Authorization') or an array (ex:['Content-Type', 'Authorization']
). If not specified, defaults to reflecting the headers specified in the request's Access-Control-Request-Headers header.exposedHeaders
: Configures the Access-Control-Expose-Headers CORS header. Expects a comma-delimited string (ex: 'Content-Range,X-Content-Range') or an array (ex:['Content-Range', 'X-Content-Range']
). If not specified, no custom headers are exposed.credentials
: Configures the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials CORS header. Set totrue
to pass the header, otherwise it is omitted.maxAge
: Configures the Access-Control-Max-Age CORS header. Set to an integer to pass the header, otherwise it is omitted.preflightContinue
: Pass the CORS preflight response to the next handler.optionsSuccessStatus
: Provides a status code to use for successfulOPTIONS
requests, since some legacy browsers (IE11, various SmartTVs) choke on204
.
The default configuration is the equivalent of:
{
"origin": "*",
"methods": "GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE",
"preflightContinue": false,
"optionsSuccessStatus": 204
}
For details on the effect of each CORS header, read this article on HTML5 Rocks.
Demo
A demo that illustrates CORS working (and not working) using jQuery is available here: http://node-cors-client.herokuapp.com/
Code for that demo can be found here:
- Client: https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-client
- Server: https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-server