| # cors |
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| CORS is a node.js package for providing a [Connect](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/)/[Express](http://expressjs.com/) middleware that can be used to enable [CORS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing) with various options. |
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| * [Installation](#installation) |
| * [Usage](#usage) |
| * [Simple Usage](#simple-usage-enable-all-cors-requests) |
| * [Enable CORS for a Single Route](#enable-cors-for-a-single-route) |
| * [Configuring CORS](#configuring-cors) |
| * [Configuring CORS Asynchronously](#configuring-cors-asynchronously) |
| * [Enabling CORS Pre-Flight](#enabling-cors-pre-flight) |
| * [Configuration Options](#configuration-options) |
| * [Demo](#demo) |
| * [License](#license) |
| * [Author](#author) |
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| ## Installation |
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| This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the |
| [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the |
| [`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install cors |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ### Simple Usage (Enable *All* CORS Requests) |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| app.use(cors()) |
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| app.get('/products/:id', function (req, res, next) { |
| res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for all origins!'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| ### Enable CORS for a Single Route |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| app.get('/products/:id', cors(), function (req, res, next) { |
| res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a Single Route'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| ### Configuring CORS |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| var corsOptions = { |
| origin: 'http://example.com', |
| optionsSuccessStatus: 200 // some legacy browsers (IE11, various SmartTVs) choke on 204 |
| } |
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| app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptions), function (req, res, next) { |
| res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for only example.com.'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| ### Configuring CORS w/ Dynamic Origin |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| 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')) |
| } |
| } |
| } |
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| app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptions), function (req, res, next) { |
| res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a whitelisted domain.'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| If you do not want to block REST tools or server-to-server requests, |
| add a `!origin` check in the origin function like so: |
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| ```javascript |
| var corsOptions = { |
| origin: function (origin, callback) { |
| if (whitelist.indexOf(origin) !== -1 || !origin) { |
| callback(null, true) |
| } else { |
| callback(new Error('Not allowed by CORS')) |
| } |
| } |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ### Enabling CORS Pre-Flight |
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| 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: |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| 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!'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| You can also enable pre-flight across-the-board like so: |
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| ```javascript |
| app.options('*', cors()) // include before other routes |
| ``` |
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| ### Configuring CORS Asynchronously |
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| ```javascript |
| var express = require('express') |
| var cors = require('cors') |
| var app = express() |
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| 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 |
| } |
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| app.get('/products/:id', cors(corsOptionsDelegate), function (req, res, next) { |
| res.json({msg: 'This is CORS-enabled for a whitelisted domain.'}) |
| }) |
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| app.listen(80, function () { |
| console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 80') |
| }) |
| ``` |
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| ## Configuration Options |
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| * `origin`: Configures the **Access-Control-Allow-Origin** CORS header. Possible values: |
| - `Boolean` - set `origin` to `true` to reflect the [request origin](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-abarth-origin-09), as defined by `req.header('Origin')`, or set it to `false` to disable CORS. |
| - `String` - set `origin` to a specific origin. For example if you set it to `"http://example.com"` only requests from "http://example.com" will be allowed. |
| - `RegExp` - set `origin` 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$/` will reflect any request that is coming from an origin ending with "example.com". |
| - `Array` - set `origin` to an array of valid origins. Each origin can be a `String` or a `RegExp`. For example `["http://example1.com", /\.example2\.com$/]` will accept any request from "http://example1.com" or from a subdomain of "example2.com". |
| - `Function` - set `origin` to a function implementing some custom logic. The function takes the request origin as the first parameter and a callback (which expects the signature `err [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 to `true` 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 successful `OPTIONS` requests, since some legacy browsers (IE11, various SmartTVs) choke on `204`. |
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| The default configuration is the equivalent of: |
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| ```json |
| { |
| "origin": "*", |
| "methods": "GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE", |
| "preflightContinue": false, |
| "optionsSuccessStatus": 204 |
| } |
| ``` |
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| For details on the effect of each CORS header, read [this](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/) article on HTML5 Rocks. |
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| ## Demo |
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| A demo that illustrates CORS working (and not working) using jQuery is available here: [http://node-cors-client.herokuapp.com/](http://node-cors-client.herokuapp.com/) |
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| Code for that demo can be found here: |
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| * Client: [https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-client](https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-client) |
| * Server: [https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-server](https://github.com/TroyGoode/node-cors-server) |
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| ## License |
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| [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) |
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| ## Author |
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| [Troy Goode](https://github.com/TroyGoode) ([troygoode@gmail.com](mailto:troygoode@gmail.com)) |
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