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Glossary: Building APIs with FastAPI

CORS

Also written: cross-origin resource sharing, CORSMiddleware

CORS (cross-origin resource sharing) is how a server tells browsers that a web page from another origin may read its responses. FastAPI adds the `access-control-allow-origin` headers through `CORSMiddleware`.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

OriginSame-origin policyPreflightMiddleware