I am trying to support CORS in my Node.js application that uses the Express.js web framework. I have read a Google group discussion about how to handle this, and read a few articles about how CORS works. First, I did this (code is written in CoffeeScript syntax):
app.options "*", (req, res) ->
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true
# try: 'POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS'
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, OPTIONS'
# try: 'X-Requested-With, X-HTTP-Method-Override, Content-Type, Accept'
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type'
# ...
It doesn't seem to work. It seems like my browser (Chrome) is not sending the initial OPTIONS request. When I just updated the block for the resource I need to submit a cross-origin GET request to:
app.get "/somethingelse", (req, res) ->
# ...
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS'
res.header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type'
# ...
It works (in Chrome). This also works in Safari.
I have read that...
In a browser implementing CORS, each cross-origin GET or POST request is preceded by an OPTIONS request that checks whether the GET or POST is OK.
So my main question is, how come this doesn't seem to happen in my case? Why isn't my app.options block called? Why do I need to set the headers in my main app.get block?
转载于:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7067966/how-to-allow-cors
To answer your main question, the CORS spec only requires the OPTIONS call to precede the POST or GET if the POST or GET has any non-simple content or headers in it.
Content-Types that require a CORS pre-flight request (the OPTIONS call) are any Content-Type except the following:
application/x-www-form-urlencodedmultipart/form-datatext/plainAny other Content-Types apart from those listed above will trigger a pre-flight request.
As for Headers, any Request Headers apart from the following will trigger a pre-flight request:
AcceptAccept-LanguageContent-LanguageContent-TypeDPRSave-DataViewport-WidthWidthAny other Request Headers will trigger the pre-flight request.
So, you could add a custom header such as: x-Trigger: CORS, and that should trigger the pre-flight request and hit the OPTIONS block.
Try passing control to the next matching route. If Express is matching app.get route first, then it won't continue onto the options route unless you do this (note use of next):
app.get('somethingelse', function(req, res, next) {
//..set headers etc.
next();
});
In terms of organising the CORS stuff, I put it in a middleware which is working well for me:
//CORS middleware
var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'example.com');
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE');
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
next();
}
//...
app.configure(function() {
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({ secret: 'cool beans' }));
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(allowCrossDomain);
app.use(app.router);
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
To stay in the same idea of routing. I use this code :
app.all('/*', function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
next();
});
Similar to http://enable-cors.org/server_expressjs.html example
I have made a more complete middleware suitable for express or connect. It supports OPTIONS requests for preflight checking. Note that it will allow CORS access to anything, you might want to put in some checks if you want to limit access.
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var oneof = false;
if(req.headers.origin) {
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.headers.origin);
oneof = true;
}
if(req.headers['access-control-request-method']) {
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', req.headers['access-control-request-method']);
oneof = true;
}
if(req.headers['access-control-request-headers']) {
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', req.headers['access-control-request-headers']);
oneof = true;
}
if(oneof) {
res.header('Access-Control-Max-Age', 60 * 60 * 24 * 365);
}
// intercept OPTIONS method
if (oneof && req.method == 'OPTIONS') {
res.send(200);
}
else {
next();
}
});
I found the easiest way is to use the node.js package cors. The simplest usage is:
var cors = require('cors')
var app = express()
app.use(cors())
There are, of course many ways to configure the behaviour to your needs; the page linked above shows a number of examples.
My simplest solution with Express 4.2.0 (EDIT: Doesn't seem to work in 4.3.0) was:
function supportCrossOriginScript(req, res, next) {
res.status(200);
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type");
// res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin");
// res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
// res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods","POST, OPTIONS");
// res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods","POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, HEAD");
// res.header("Access-Control-Max-Age","1728000");
next();
}
// Support CORS
app.options('/result', supportCrossOriginScript);
app.post('/result', supportCrossOriginScript, function(req, res) {
res.send('received');
// do stuff with req
});
I suppose doing app.all('/result', ...) would work too...
Testing done with express + node + ionic running in differente ports.
Localhost:8100
Localhost:5000
// CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) headers to support Cross-site HTTP requests
app.all('*', function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
next();
});
This works for me, as its an easy implementation inside the routes, im using meanjs and its working fine, safari, chrome, etc.
app.route('/footer-contact-form').post(emailer.sendFooterMail).options(function(req,res,next){
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST');
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept');
return res.send(200);
});
Do something like this:
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
next();
});
I found it to be extremely easy to do this with the npm request package (https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
Then I based my solution on this post http://blog.javascripting.com/2015/01/17/dont-hassle-with-cors/
'use strict'
const express = require('express');
const request = require('request');
let proxyConfig = {
url : {
base: 'http://servertoreach.com?id=',
}
}
/* setting up and configuring node express server for the application */
let server = express();
server.set('port', 3000);
/* methods forwarded to the servertoreach proxy */
server.use('/somethingElse', function(req, res)
{
let url = proxyConfig.url.base + req.query.id;
req.pipe(request(url)).pipe(res);
});
/* start the server */
server.listen(server.get('port'), function() {
console.log('express server with a proxy listening on port ' + server.get('port'));
});
In addition to what others have said, don't forget that unless using nodemon you will need to restart your node server for the changes to take effect!
I personally had been refreshing my browser out of habit, forgetting that it's server side code.
We can avoid CORS and forward the requests to the other server instead:
// config:
var public_folder = __dirname + '/public'
var apiServerHost = 'http://other.server'
// code:
console.log("starting server...");
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var request = require('request');
// serve static files
app.use(express.static(public_folder));
// if not found, serve from another server
app.use(function(req, res) {
var url = apiServerHost + req.url;
req.pipe(request(url)).pipe(res);
});
app.listen(80, function(){
console.log("server ready");
});
install cors module of expressjs. you can follow these steps >
Installation
npm install cors
Simple Usage (Enable All CORS Requests)
var express = require('express');
var cors = require('cors');
var app = express();
app.use(cors());
for more details go to https://github.com/expressjs/cors
do
npm install cors --save
and just add these lines in your main file where your request is going.
const cors = require('cors');
const express = require('express');
let app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.options('*', cors());
Some time ago, I faced this problem so I did this to allow CORS in my nodejs app:
First you need to install cors by using below command :
npm install cors --save
Now add the following code to your app starting file like ( app.js or server.js)
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var cors = require('cors');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
//enables cors
app.use(cors({
'allowedHeaders': ['sessionId', 'Content-Type'],
'exposedHeaders': ['sessionId'],
'origin': '*',
'methods': 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE',
'preflightContinue': false
}));
require('./router/index')(app);
first simply install cors in your project. Take terminal(command prompt) and cd to your project directory and run the below command:
npm install cors --save
Then take the server.js file and change the code to add the following in it:
var cors = require('cors');
var app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'DELETE, PUT, GET, POST');
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
next();
});
This worked for me..
If you want to make it controller specific, you can use:
res.setHeader('X-Frame-Options', 'ALLOWALL');
res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'POST, GET');
res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept');
Please note that this will also allow iframes.
I used the following steps to my web app and I had success:
Add the cors package to the express:
npm install cors --save
Add following lines after the bodyParser configuration. I had some troubles adding before bodyParser:
// enable cors to the server
const corsOpt = {
origin: process.env.CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN || '*', // this work well to configure origin url in the server
methods: ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'], // to works well with web app, OPTIONS is required
allowedHeaders: ['Content-Type', 'Authorization'] // allow json and token in the headers
};
app.use(cors(corsOpt)); // cors for all the routes of the application
app.options('*', cors(corsOpt)); // automatic cors gen for HTTP verbs in all routes, This can be redundant but I kept to be sure that will always work.
In typescript, if you want to use the node.js package cors
/**
* app.ts
* If you use the cors library
*/
import * as express from "express";
[...]
import * as cors from 'cors';
class App {
public express: express.Application;
constructor() {
this.express = express();
[..]
this.handleCORSErrors();
}
private handleCORSErrors(): any {
const corsOptions: cors.CorsOptions = {
origin: 'http://example.com',
optionsSuccessStatus: 200
};
this.express.use(cors(corsOptions));
}
}
export default new App().express;
If you don't want to use third part libraries for cors error handling, you need to change the handleCORSErrors() method.
/**
* app.ts
* If you do not use the cors library
*/
import * as express from "express";
[...]
class App {
public express: express.Application;
constructor() {
this.express = express();
[..]
this.handleCORSErrors();
}
private handleCORSErrors(): any {
this.express.use((req, res, next) => {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header(
"Access-Control-ALlow-Headers",
"Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization"
);
if (req.method === "OPTIONS") {
res.header(
"Access-Control-Allow-Methods",
"PUT, POST, PATCH, GET, DELETE"
);
return res.status(200).json({});
}
next(); // send the request to the next middleware
});
}
}
export default new App().express;
For using the app.ts file
/**
* server.ts
*/
import * as http from "http";
import app from "./app";
const server: http.Server = http.createServer(app);
const PORT: any = process.env.PORT || 3000;
server.listen(PORT);
Using Express Middleware works great for me. If you are already using Express, just add the following middleware rules. It should start working.
app.all("/api/*", function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Cache-Control, Pragma, Origin, Authorization, Content-Type, X-Requested-With");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, PUT, POST");
return next();
});
app.all("/api/*", function(req, res, next) {
if (req.method.toLowerCase() !== "options") {
return next();
}
return res.send(204);
});
Can refer the code below for the same. Source: Academind/node-restful-api
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
//acts as a middleware
//to handle CORS Errors
app.use((req, res, next) => { //doesn't send response just adjusts it
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") //* to give access to any origin
res.header(
"Access-Control-Allow-Headers",
"Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization" //to give access to all the headers provided
);
if(req.method === 'OPTIONS'){
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE, GET'); //to give access to all the methods provided
return res.status(200).json({});
}
next(); //so that other routes can take over
})
Below code will work ,but first install cors by:
npm install --save cors
Then:
module.exports = function(app) {
var express = require("express");
var cors = require('cors');
var router = express.Router();
app.use(cors());
app.post("/movies",cors(), function(req, res) {
res.send("test");
});