sails

cors (Core Hook)

Status

Stability: 2 - Stable

Dependencies

In order for this hook to load, the following other hooks must have already finished loading:

• moduleloader
• userconfig

Dependents

If this hook is disabled, in order for Sails to load, the following other core hooks must also be disabled:

N/A

Purpose

This hook's responsibilities are:

Bind shadow routes to set appropriate CORS headers

When Sails loads, this hook binds a router:before listener so that it can bind routes before the router binds explicit routes. Then it binds shadow routes for the appropriate endpoints based on sails.config.cors (also mixing in its implicit defaults).

Implicit Defaults

This hook sets the following implicit default configuration on sails.config:

Events

hook:cors:loaded

Emitted when this hook has been automatically loaded by Sails core, and triggered the callback in its initialize function.

FAQ

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