corser v2.0.1
Corser
A highly configurable, middleware compatible implementation of CORS for Node.js.
Changelog
2.0.1 (August 16, 2016)
- Add workaround for Chrome 52 sending empty
Access-Control-Request-Headers
header.
2.0.0 (March 22, 2014)
- Preflight requests are automatically closed. If there is a need for handling
OPTIONS
requests, check theendPreflightRequests
option. - The parameters of the callback function in dynamic origin checking are now
(err, matches)
instead of just(matches)
.
Examples
How to use Corser as a middleware in Express
See example/express/
for a working example.
var express, corser, app;
express = require("express");
corser = require("corser");
app = express();
app.use(corser.create());
app.get("/", function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end("Nice weather today, huh?");
});
app.listen(1337);
How to use Corser as a middleware in Connect
See example/connect/
for a working example.
var connect, corser, app;
connect = require("connect");
corser = require("corser");
app = connect();
app.use(corser.create());
app.use(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end("Nice weather today, huh?");
});
app.listen(1337);
How to use Corser with plain http
var http, corser, corserRequestListener;
http = require("http");
corser = require("corser");
// Create Corser request listener.
corserRequestListener = corser.create();
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
// Route req and res through the request listener.
corserRequestListener(req, res, function () {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end("Nice weather today, huh?");
});
}).listen(1337);
API
Creating a Corser request listener
Creating a Corser request listener that generates the appropriate response headers to enable CORS is as simple as:
corser.create()
This is the equivalent of setting a response header of Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
. If you want to restrict the origins, or allow more sophisticated request or response headers, you have to pass a configuration object to corser.create
.
Corser will automatically end preflight requests for you. A preflight request is a special OPTIONS
request that the browser sends under certain conditions to negotiate with the server what methods, request headers and response headers are allowed for a CORS request. If you need to use the OPTIONS
method for other stuff, just set endPreflightRequests
to false
and terminate those requests yourself:
var corserRequestListener;
corserRequestListener = corser.create({
endPreflightRequests: false
});
corserRequestListener(req, res, function () {
if (req.method === "OPTIONS") {
// End CORS preflight request.
res.writeHead(204);
res.end();
} else {
// Implement other HTTP methods.
}
});
Configuration Object
A configuration object with the following properties can be passed to corser.create
.
origins
A case-sensitive whitelist of origins. Unless unbound, if the request comes from an origin that is not in this list, it will not be handled by CORS.
To allow for dynamic origin checking, a function (origin, callback)
can be passed instead of an array. origin
is the Origin header, callback
is a function (err, matches)
, where matches
is a boolean flag that indicates whether the given Origin header matches or not.
Default: unbound, i.e. every origin is accepted.
methods
An uppercase whitelist of methods. If the request uses a method that is not in this list, it will not be handled by CORS.
Setting a value here will overwrite the list of default simple methods. To not lose them, concat the methods you want to add with corser.simpleMethods
: corser.simpleMethods.concat(["PUT", "DELETE"])
.
Default: simple methods (GET
, HEAD
, POST
).
requestHeaders
A case-insensitive whitelist of request headers. If the request uses a request header that is not in this list, it will not be handled by CORS.
Setting a value here will overwrite the list of default simple request headers. To not lose them, concat the request headers you want to add with corser.simpleRequestHeaders
: corser.simpleRequestHeaders.concat(["Authorization"])
.
Default: simple request headers (Accept
, Accept-Language
, Content-Language
, Content-Type
, Last-Event-ID
).
responseHeaders
A case-insensitive whitelist of response headers. Any response header that is not in this list will be filtered out by the user-agent (the browser).
Setting a value here will overwrite the list of default simple response headers. To not lose them, concat the response headers you want to add with corser.simpleResponseHeaders
: corser.simpleResponseHeaders.concat(["ETag"])
.
Default: simple response headers (Cache-Control
, Content-Language
, Content-Type
, Expires
, Last-Modified
, Pragma
).
supportsCredentials
A boolean that indicates if cookie credentials can be transferred as part of a CORS request. Currently, only a few HTML5 elements can benefit from this setting.
Default: false
.
maxAge
An integer that indicates the maximum amount of time in seconds that a preflight request is kept in the client-side preflight result cache.
Default: not set.
endPreflightRequests
A boolean that indicates if CORS preflight requests should be automatically closed.
Default: true
.
FAQ
Ajax call returns Origin X is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin
Check if the Origin
header of your request matches one of the origins provided in the origins
property of the configuration object. If you didn't set any origins
property, jump to the next question.
Ajax call still returns Origin X is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin
Your request might use a non-simple method or one or more non-simple headers. According to the specification, the set of simple methods is GET
, HEAD
, and POST
, and the set of simple request headers is Accept
, Accept-Language
, Content-Language
, Content-Type
, and Last-Event-ID
. If your request uses any other method or header, you have to explicitly list them in the methods
or requestHeaders
property of the configuration object.
Example
You want to allow requests that use an X-Requested-With
header. Pass the following configuration object to corser.create
:
corser.create({
requestHeaders: corser.simpleRequestHeaders.concat(["X-Requested-With"])
});
Getting a response header returns Refused to get unsafe header "X"
Your browser blocks every non-simple response headers that was not explicitly allowed in the preflight request. The set of simple response headers is Cache-Control
, Content-Language
, Content-Type
, Expires
, Last-Modified
, Pragma
. If you want to access any other response header, you have to explicitly list them in the responseHeaders
property of the configuration object.
Example
You want to allow clients to read the ETag
header of a response. Pass the following configuration object to corser.create
:
corser.create({
responseHeaders: corser.simpleResponseHeaders.concat(["ETag"])
});