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CORS

CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a system, consisting of transmitting HTTP headers, that determines whether browsers block frontend JavaScript code from accessing responses for cross-origin requests. The same-origin security policy forbids cross-origin access to resources. But CORS gives web servers the ability to say they want to opt into allowing cross-origin access to their resources.

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CORS headers

Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Indicates whether the response can be shared.

Access-Control-Allow-Credentials

Indicates whether or not the response to the request can be exposed when the credentials flag is true.

Access-Control-Allow-Headers

Used in response to a preflight request to indicate which HTTP headers can be used when making the actual request.

Access-Control-Allow-Methods

Specifies the method or methods allowed when accessing the resource in response to a preflight request.

Access-Control-Expose-Headers

Indicates which headers can be exposed as part of the response by listing their names.

Access-Control-Max-Age

Indicates how long the results of a preflight request can be cached.

Access-Control-Request-Headers

Used when issuing a preflight request to let the server know which HTTP headers will be used when the actual request is made.

Access-Control-Request-Method

Used when issuing a preflight request to let the server know which HTTP method will be used when the actual request is made.

Origin

Indicates where a fetch originates from.

Timing-Allow-Origin

Specifies origins that are allowed to see values of attributes retrieved via features of the Resource Timing API, which would otherwise be reported as zero due to cross-origin restrictions.

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