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Running your own CORS proxy using Cloudflare Workers
async function handleRequest(request) {
const url = new URL(request.url)
let apiUrl = url.searchParams.get('apiurl')
if (apiUrl == null) {
apiUrl = API_URL
}
// Rewrite request to point to API url. This also makes the request mutable
// so we can add the correct Origin header to make the API server think
// that this request isn't cross-site.
request = new Request(apiUrl, request)
request.headers.set('Origin', new URL(apiUrl).origin)
let response = await fetch(request)
// Recreate the response so we can modify the headers
response = new Response(response.body, response)
// Set CORS headers
response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
// Append to/Add Vary header so browser will cache response correctly
response.headers.append('Vary', 'Origin')
return response
}
function handleOptions(request) {
// Make sure the necessary headers are present
// for this to be a valid pre-flight request
if (
request.headers.get('Origin') !== null &&
request.headers.get('Access-Control-Request-Method') !== null &&
request.headers.get('Access-Control-Request-Headers') !== null
) {
// Handle CORS pre-flight request.
// If you want to check the requested method + headers
// you can do that here.
return new Response(null, {
headers: corsHeaders,
})
} else {
// Handle standard OPTIONS request.
// If you want to allow other HTTP Methods, you can do that here.
return new Response(null, {
headers: {
Allow: 'GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS',
},
})
}
}
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
const request = event.request
const url = new URL(request.url)
if (url.pathname.startsWith(PROXY_ENDPOINT)) {
if (request.method === 'OPTIONS') {
// Handle CORS preflight requests
event.respondWith(handleOptions(request))
} else if (
request.method === 'GET' ||
request.method === 'HEAD' ||
request.method === 'POST'
) {
// Handle requests to the API server
event.respondWith(handleRequest(request))
} else {
event.respondWith(
new Response(null, {
status: 405,
statusText: 'Method Not Allowed',
}),
)
}
} else {
// Serve demo page
event.respondWith(rawHtmlResponse(DEMO_PAGE))
}
})
// We support the GET, POST, HEAD, and OPTIONS methods from any origin,
// and accept the Content-Type header on requests. These headers must be
// present on all responses to all CORS requests. In practice, this means
// all responses to OPTIONS requests.
const corsHeaders = {
'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS',
'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'Content-Type',
}
// The URL for the remote third party API you want to fetch from
// but does not implement CORS
const API_URL = 'https://workers-tooling.cf/demos/demoapi'
// The endpoint you want the CORS reverse proxy to be on
const PROXY_ENDPOINT = '/corsproxy/'
// The rest of this snippet for the demo page
async function rawHtmlResponse(html) {
return new Response(html, {
headers: {
'content-type': 'text/html;charset=UTF-8',
},
})
}
const DEMO_PAGE = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>API GET without CORS Proxy</h1>
<a target='_blank' href='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#Checking_that_the_fetch_was_successful'>Shows TypeError: Failed to fetch since CORS is misconfigured</a>
<p id='noproxy-status'/>
<code id='noproxy'>Waiting</code>
<h1>API GET with CORS Proxy</h1>
<p id='proxy-status'/>
<code id='proxy'>Waiting</code>
<h1>API POST with CORS Proxy + Preflight</h1>
<p id='proxypreflight-status'/>
<code id='proxypreflight'>Waiting</code>
<script>
let reqs = {};
reqs.noproxy = async () => {
let response = await fetch('${API_URL}')
return await response.json()
}
reqs.proxy = async () => {
let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + '${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}')
return await response.json()
}
reqs.proxypreflight = async () => {
const reqBody = {
msg: "Hello world!"
}
let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + '${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}', {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify(reqBody),
})
return await response.json()
}
(async () => {
for (const [reqName, req] of Object.entries(reqs)) {
try {
let data = await req()
document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = JSON.stringify(data)
} catch (e) {
document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = e
}
}
})()
</script>
</body>
</html>`
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vsg24 commented Jul 6, 2021

Example of usage:

fetch("https://cors-proxy.username.workers.dev/corsproxy/?apiurl=https://api.worldbank.org/v2/indicator/EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE?format=json").then(function(d) {
    return d.json()
})

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Can this proxy hls link to bypass cors?

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