CORS requests in electron js

 

CORS requests in electron js



CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a security feature implemented in web browsers that prevents a webpage from making requests to a different domain than the one that served the webpage. In Electron, you can handle CORS requests by setting the "webSecurity" option to false in the BrowserWindow options when creating a new window. This will allow the renderer process to access resources from any domain, but use it cautiously as it can make your application vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Here is an example of how to create a new window with the "webSecurity" option set to false:

const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron'); let win = new BrowserWindow({ webPreferences: { webSecurity: false } });

Alternatively, you can use the '--disable-web-security' command line switch when launching the electron app.

electron --disable-web-security app.js

You can also use the '--disable-web-security' command line switch when launching the electron app, or use the CORS middleware in your application's backend. Please note that the latter two options are not recommended as it is a security risk and it is better to handle it on the server-side.

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