CORS Configuration Builder
Visually generate secure CORS header configurations for Next.js, Express, and Nginx. Stop guessing Access-Control-Allow-Origin rules and prevent API errors.
CORS Configuration
Cookies, Authorization headers or TLS client certificates
Next.js
next.config.js// next.config.js
module.exports = {
async headers() {
return [
{
// matching all API routes
source: "/api/:path*",
headers: [
{ key: "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", value: "false" },
{ key: "Access-Control-Allow-Origin", value: "*" }, // Next.js headers don't support dynamic multiple origins out of the box in next.config.js arrays, usually this relies on middleware or single origin
{ key: "Access-Control-Allow-Methods", value: "GET,POST,OPTIONS" },
{ key: "Access-Control-Allow-Headers", value: "X-CSRF-Token, X-Requested-With, Accept, Accept-Version, Content-Length, Content-MD5, Content-Type, Date, X-Api-Version" },
]
}
]
}
};Express.js
Middleware// 1. npm install cors
// 2. Add to your Express server
const express = require('express');
const cors = require('cors');
const app = express();
const corsOptions = {
origin: '*',
methods: 'GET,POST,OPTIONS',
credentials: false,
optionsSuccessStatus: 204
};
app.use(cors(corsOptions));
app.get('/api/data', (req, res) => {
res.json({ message: 'CORS is configured!' });
});Nginx
Config Block# Nginx CORS Configuration
location / {
if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET,POST,OPTIONS';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials' 'false';
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain; charset=utf-8';
add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
return 204;
}
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET,POST,OPTIONS' always;
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials' 'false' always;
}Secure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
Incorrectly configuring CORS is a leading cause of accidental data exposure and API exploitation. This tool takes the guesswork out of configuring safe headers by generating pristine, strict environment configurations that block unauthorized cross-site requests while enabling your frontend to operate without latency-inducing preflight bottlenecks.
Automated Header Safety
Our builder enforces strict security standards, automatically detecting insecure combinations like pairing an allow-all wildcard with credentials headers. All header declarations generated by this utility are completely verified against 2026 MDN and architectural standards.
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