Answers for "what does cors do in node js"

access-control-allow-origin nodejs express

// Add headers
app.use(function (req, res, next) {

    // Website you wish to allow to connect
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'http://localhost:8888');

    // 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');

    // 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();
});

express get request origin

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  const host = req.get('host');
  const origin = req.get('origin');
});

express js cors

var express = require('express')
var cors = require('cors')  //use this
var app = express()

app.use(cors()) //and this

app.get('/user/:id', function (req, res, next) {
  res.json({user: 'CORS enabled'})
})

app.listen(5000, function () {
  console.log('CORS-enabled web server listening on port 5000')
})

cors npm

/* 
Installation
$ npm install cors
*/

// 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(3000, function () {
   console.log("CORS-enabled web server listening on port 3000");
});

nodejs CORS policy

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "YOUR-DOMAIN.TLD"); // update to match the domain you will make the request from
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
  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
});

cors npm

installation :

$ npm i cors

usage :

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')
})