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Build an Express middleware to handle Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for your MERN app.

Steilla Mitchel29526-Jul-2023

Build an Express middleware to handle Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for your MERN app.

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Updated on 27-Jul-2023
Steilla Mitchel

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Aryan Kumar

Aryan Kumar

27-Jul-2023

Sure, here is an example of an Express middleware to handle Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for your MERN app:

JavaScript

const express = require('express');
const cors = require('cors');

const app = express();

app.use(cors({
  origin: '*',
  optionsSuccessStatus: 200,
}));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('This is a CORS-enabled endpoint');
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server started on port 3000'));

This middleware first imports the express and cors modules. The cors module provides a middleware that can be used to enable CORS for Express applications.

The middleware then defines the origin and optionsSuccessStatus options for the cors() middleware. The origin option specifies the origins that are allowed to make cross-origin requests. The optionsSuccessStatus option specifies the status code that should be returned when the CORS preflight request is successful.

The middleware then uses the use() method to add the cors() middleware to the Express application.

Finally, the middleware defines a get handler for the / route. The get handler simply sends a message to the client indicating that the endpoint is CORS-enabled.

To run this middleware, you can save it as a file called cors.js and then run it from the command line:

node cors.js

This will start the Express server on port 3000. You can then test the endpoint by making a GET request to http://localhost:3000/ from a browser or another application.

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