[c#] How to enable CORS in ASP.NET Core

I am trying to enable cross origin resources sharing on my ASP.NET Core Web API, but I am stuck.

The EnableCors attribute accepts policyName of type string as parameter:

// Summary:
//     Creates a new instance of the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Core.EnableCorsAttribute.
//
// Parameters:
//   policyName:
//     The name of the policy to be applied.
public EnableCorsAttribute(string policyName);

What does the policyName mean and how can I configure CORS on an ASP.NET Core Web API?

Got this working with .Net Core 3.1 as follows

1.Make sure you place the UseCors code between app.UseRouting(); and app.UseAuthentication();

        app.UseHttpsRedirection();

        app.UseRouting();
        app.UseCors("CorsApi");

        app.UseAuthentication();
        app.UseAuthorization();

        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints => {
            endpoints.MapControllers();
        });

2.Then place this code in the ConfigureServices method

services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddPolicy("CorsApi",
                builder => builder.WithOrigins("http://localhost:4200", "http://mywebsite.com")
            .AllowAnyHeader()
            .AllowAnyMethod());
        });

3.And above the base controller I placed this

[EnableCors("CorsApi")]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class BaseController : ControllerBase

Now all my controllers will inherit from the BaseController and will have CORS enabled

Specifically in dotnet core 2.2 with SignalR you must change

.WithOrigins("http://localhost:3000") or

.SetIsOriginAllowed(isOriginAllowed: _ => true) //for all origins

instead .AllowAnyOrigin() with .AllowCredentials()

https://trailheadtechnology.com/breaking-change-in-aspnetcore-2-2-for-signalr-and-cors/

https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/issues/4483

Based on Henk's answer I have been able to come up with the specific domain, the method I want to allow and also the header I want to enable CORS for:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddCors(options =>
         options.AddPolicy("AllowSpecific", p => p.WithOrigins("http://localhost:1233")
                                                   .WithMethods("GET")
                                                   .WithHeaders("name")));
    services.AddMvc();
}

usage:

[EnableCors("AllowSpecific")]

If you are hosting on IIS, one possible reason is you are getting this is because IIS is blocking OPTIONS verb. I spent almost an hour because of this:

One telltale indication is you are getting 404 error during OPTIONS request.

To fix this, you need to explicitly tell IIS not to block OPTIONS request.

Go to Request Filtering:

Make sure OPTIONS is allowed:

Or, just create a web.config with the following setting:

<system.webServer>
    <security>
        <requestFiltering>
            <verbs>
                <remove verb="OPTIONS" />
                <add verb="OPTIONS" allowed="true" />
            </verbs>
        </requestFiltering>
    </security>
</system.webServer>

Some troubleshooting tips, after I managed to waste two hours on the most trivial CORS issue:

1. If you see CORS policy execution failed logged... Don't assume that your CORS policy is not executing properly. In fact, the CORS middleware works, and your policy is executing properly. The only thing this badly worded message means is that the request's origin doesn't match any of the allowed origins (see source), i.e. the request is disallowed.

2. The origin check (as of ASP.NET Core 5.0) happens in a very simple way... i.e. case-sensitive ordinal string comparison (see source) between the strings you provided via WithOrigins() and what exists in HttpContext.Request.Headers[Origin].

3. CORS can fail if you set an allowed origin with a trailing slash /, or if it contains uppercase letters. (In my case I did in fact accidentally copy the host with a trailing slash.)

In case you get the error "No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource." Specifically for PUT and DELETE requests, you could try to disable WebDAV on IIS.

Apparently, the WebDAVModule is enabled by default and is disabling PUT and DELETE requests by default.

To disable the WebDAVModule, add this to your web.config:

<system.webServer>
  <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="false">
    <remove name="WebDAVModule" />
  </modules>
</system.webServer>

you have three ways to enable CORS:

• In middleware using a named policy or default policy.
• Using endpoint routing.
• With the [EnableCors] attribute.

Enable CORS with named policy:

public class Startup
{
    readonly string CorsPolicy = "_corsPolicy";

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddPolicy(name: CorsPolicy,
                              builder =>
                              {
                                 builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                                      .AllowAnyMethod()
                                      .AllowAnyHeader()
                                      .AllowCredentials();
                              });
        });

        // services.AddResponseCaching();
        services.AddControllers();
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        app.UseRouting();

        app.UseCors(CorsPolicy);

        // app.UseResponseCaching();

        app.UseAuthorization();

        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
        {
            endpoints.MapControllers();
        });
    }
}

UseCors must be called before UseResponseCaching when using UseResponseCaching.

Enable CORS with default policy:

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddDefaultPolicy(
                builder =>
                {
                     builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                                      .AllowAnyMethod()
                                      .AllowAnyHeader()
                                      .AllowCredentials();
                });
        });

        services.AddControllers();
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        app.UseRouting();

        app.UseCors();

        app.UseAuthorization();

        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
        {
            endpoints.MapControllers();
        });
    }
}

Enable CORS with endpoint

public class Startup
{
    readonly string CorsPolicy = "_corsPolicy ";

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddPolicy(name: CorsPolicy,
                              builder =>
                              {
                                  builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                                      .AllowAnyMethod()
                                      .AllowAnyHeader()
                                      .AllowCredentials();
                              });
        });

        services.AddControllers();
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        app.UseRouting();

        app.UseCors();

        app.UseAuthorization();

        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
        {
            endpoints.MapControllers()
                     .RequireCors(CorsPolicy)
        });
    }
}

Enable CORS with attributes

you have tow option

• [EnableCors] specifies the default policy.
• [EnableCors("{Policy String}")] specifies a named policy.

Applies to .NET Core 1 and .Net Core 2 (further down)

If using .Net-Core 1.1

Unfortunately the docs are very confusing in this specific case. So I'll make it dead-simple:

• Add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors nuget package to your project
• In ConfigureServices method, add services.AddCors();

• In Configure method, before calling app.UseMvc() and app.UseStaticFiles(), add:

  app.UseCors(builder => builder
      .AllowAnyOrigin()
      .AllowAnyMethod()
      .AllowAnyHeader()
      .AllowCredentials());
  

That's it. Every client has access to your ASP.NET Core Website/API.

If using .Net-Core 2.0

• Add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors nuget package to your project

• in ConfigureServices method, before calling services.AddMvc(), add:

   services.AddCors(options =>
      {
          options.AddPolicy("AllowAll",
              builder =>
              {
                  builder
                  .AllowAnyOrigin() 
                  .AllowAnyMethod()
                  .AllowAnyHeader()
                  .AllowCredentials();
              });
      });
  

• (Important) In Configure method, before calling app.UseMvc(), add app.UseCors("AllowAll");

  AllowAll is the policy name which we need to mention in app.UserCors. It could be any name.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddCors(options =>
    {
        options.AddPolicy("AllowAnyOrigin",
            builder => builder
            .AllowAnyOrigin()
            .AllowAnyMethod()
            .AllowAnyHeader());
    });

    services.Configure<MvcOptions>(options => {
        options.Filters.Add(new CorsAuthorizationFilterFactory("AllowAnyOrigin"));
    });            
}

You have to configure in Startup.cs class

services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddPolicy("CorsPolicy",
                builder => builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                .AllowAnyMethod()
                .AllowAnyHeader()
                .AllowCredentials());
        });

All the workaround mentioned above may work or may not work, in most cases it will not work. I have given the solution here

Currently I am working on Angular and Web API(.net Core) and came across CORS issue explained below

The solution provided above will always work. With 'OPTIONS' request it is really necessary to enable 'Anonymous Authentication'. With the solution mentioned here you don't have to do all the steps mentioned above, like IIS settings.

Anyways someone marked my above post as duplicate with this post, but I can see that this post is only to enable CORS in ASP.net Core, but my post is related to, Enabling and implementing CORS in ASP.net Core and Angular.

Step 1: We need Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors package in our project. For installing go to Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Manage NuGet Packages for Solution. Search for Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors and install the package.

Step 2: We need to inject CORS into the container so that it can be used by the application. In Startup.cs class, let’s go to the ConfigureServices method and register CORS.

So, in our server app, let’s go to Controllers -> HomeController.cs and add the EnableCors decorator to the Index method (Or your specific controller and action):

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