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Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

A mechanism that allows restricted resources on a web page to be requested from another domain.

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cross-origin-resource-sharing-(cors)

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What problem does CORS solve?

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CORS addresses the Same-Origin Policy restrictions that prevent websites from making requests to domains different from the one serving the web page.

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How does CORS work?

Through HTTP headers like Access-Control-Allow-Origin that specify which origins can access the resource, with browsers enforcing these restrictions.