Every CORS Header Explained (With Real Request/Response Examples)

This is the page I keep coming back to when I need to remember the exact syntax or behavior of a CORS header. I’m putting it all in one place so you don’t have to hunt through MDN and Stack Overflow.

Response Headers (What Your Server Sends)#

These are the headers your API server needs to send. The browser reads these to decide whether to allow the cross-origin request.

Access-Control-Allow-Origin#

The single most important CORS header. Without it, nothing works.