Can I change super global variables with nodejs like I do with php?

Question

Can I change super global variables with nodejs like I do with php ?

And if not, then can anyone point me to an easy tutorial about how to do cross domain http request from the client ? You know, the CORS that block ajax to another domain ?

Answer 1

If you are using a framework like Express, CORS can be done like this:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
  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
});

Or, even easier, use the cors middleware.

Or, to roll your own, you can use this gist as a starting point:

if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
      console.log('!OPTIONS');
      var headers = {};
      // IE8 does not allow domains to be specified, just the *
      // headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = req.headers.origin;
      headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*";
      headers["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"] = "POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS";
      headers["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"] = false;
      headers["Access-Control-Max-Age"] = '86400'; // 24 hours
      headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = "X-Requested-With, X-HTTP-Method-Override, Content-Type, Accept";
      res.writeHead(200, headers);
      res.end();
} else {
//...other requests
}