From 6260132eaf5a9b75d15bc2fe7f1a88d6d6d46f92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mayura_andrew <48531182+mayura-andrew@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:35:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH]  adding CORS configuration to our Express.js server to allow
 it to accept requests from 'http://localhost:5173'. (#89)

---
 src/app.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index a5336096..f049469b 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ app.use(cookieParser())
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
 app.use(cors())
 app.use(passport.initialize())
-
+app.use(
+  cors({
+    origin: 'http://localhost:5173', // allow to server to accept request from different origin
+    methods: 'GET, HEAD, PUT, PATCH, DELETE', // allow to perform http methods
+    credentials: true // allow session cookie from browser to pass through
+  })
+)
 app.get('/', (req, res) => {
   res.send('ScholarX Backend')
 })