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How can I enable CORS on Django REST Framework

How can I enable CORS on my Django REST Framework? the reference doesn't help much, it says that I can do by a middleware, but how can I do that?

Solution

  • The link you referenced in your question recommends using django-cors-headers, whose documentation says to install the library

    python -m pip install django-cors-headers

    and then add it to your installed apps:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'corsheaders',
    ...
)

    You will also need to add a middleware class to listen in on responses:

    MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...,
    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    ...,
]

    and specify domains for CORS, e.g.:

    CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
    'http://localhost:3030',
]

    Please browse the configuration section of its documentation, paying particular attention to the various CORS_ORIGIN_ settings. You'll need to set some of those based on your needs.