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Guy
Guy

Reputation: 5528

How to enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) in the express.js framework on node.js

I'm trying to build a web server in node.js that will support cross-domain scripting, while still providing static files from a public directory. I'm using the express.js and am not really sure how to allow cross-domain scripting (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *).

I saw this post, which I did not find helpful.

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer();

app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
    next();
});

app.configure(function () {
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(app.router);
});

app.configure('development', function () {

    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
    app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
});

app.configure('production', function () {


    var oneYear = 31557600000;
    //    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public', { maxAge: oneYear }));
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
    app.use(express.errorHandler());
});

app.listen(8888);
console.log('express running at http://localhost:%d', 8888);

Upvotes: 106

Views: 180712

Answers (8)

Tharindu Sandaruwan
Tharindu Sandaruwan

Reputation: 585

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var allowedOrigins = [
  "http://localhost:4200"
];
var origin = req.headers.origin;
console.log(origin)
console.log(allowedOrigins.indexOf(origin) > -1)
// Website you wish to allow to
if (allowedOrigins.indexOf(origin) > -1) {
  res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origin);
}

// res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "http://localhost:4200");

// Request methods you wish to allow
res.setHeader(
  "Access-Control-Allow-Methods",
  "GET, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE"
);

// Request headers you wish to allow
res.setHeader(
  "Access-Control-Allow-Headers",
  "X-Requested-With,content-type,Authorization"
);

// Set to true if you need the website to include cookies in the requests sent
// to the API (e.g. in case you use sessions)
res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", true);

// Pass to next layer of middleware
next();

});

Add this code in your index.js or server.js file and change the allowed origin array according to your requirement.

Upvotes: 0

TonyTakeshi
TonyTakeshi

Reputation: 5929

Following @Michelle Tilley solution, apparently it didn't work for me at first. Not sure why, maybe I am using chrome and different version of node. After did some minor tweaks, it is working for me now. 

app.all('*', function(req, res, next) {
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'PUT, GET, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
  next();
});

In case someone facing similar issue as mine, this might be helpful.

Upvotes: 62

hui
hui

Reputation: 601

You must set Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true, if you want to use "cookie" via "Credentials"

app.all('*', function(req, res, next) {
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true);
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'PUT, GET, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
  next();
});

Upvotes: 0

Zahidur Rahman
Zahidur Rahman

Reputation: 1718

Try to this cors npm modules.

var cors = require('cors')

var app = express()
app.use(cors())

This module provides many features to fine tune cors setting such as domain whitelisting, enabling cors for specific apis etc.

Upvotes: 13

Jerome Anthony
Jerome Anthony

Reputation: 8011

Recommend using the cors express module. This allows you to whitelist domains, allow/restrict domains specifically to routes, etc.,

Upvotes: 1

Michelle Tilley
Michelle Tilley

Reputation: 159095

Check out the example from enable-cors.org:

In your ExpressJS app on node.js, do the following with your routes:

app.all('/', function(req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
  next();
 });

app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
  // Handle the get for this route
});

app.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
 // Handle the post for this route
});

The first call (app.all) should be made before all the other routes in your app (or at least the ones you want to be CORS enabled).

[Edit]

If you want the headers to show up for static files as well, try this (make sure it's before the call to use(express.static()):

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
  next();
});

I tested this with your code, and got the headers on assets from the public directory:

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer();

app.configure(function () {
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(function(req, res, next) {
      res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
      res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
      next();
    });
    app.use(app.router);
});

app.configure('development', function () {
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
    app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
});

app.configure('production', function () {
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
    app.use(express.errorHandler());
});

app.listen(8888);
console.log('express running at http://localhost:%d', 8888);

You could, of course, package the function up into a module so you can do something like

// cors.js

module.exports = function() {
  return function(req, res, next) {
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
    next();
  };
}

// server.js

cors = require('./cors');
app.use(cors());

Upvotes: 163

user3795430
user3795430

Reputation: 1

One additional step I needed to take was to switch my URL from http://localhost to http://127.0.0.0

Upvotes: -9

Elmer
Elmer

Reputation: 9437

I use this:

var app = express();

app
.use(function(req, res, next){
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With');
    next();
})
.options('*', function(req, res, next){
    res.end();
})
;

h.readFiles('controllers').forEach(function(file){
  require('./controllers/' + file)(app);
})
;

app.listen(port);
console.log('server listening on port ' + port);

this code assumes that your controllers are located in the controllers directory. each file in this directory should be something like this:

module.exports = function(app){

    app.get('/', function(req, res, next){
        res.end('hi');
    });

}

Upvotes: 2

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