Access-Control-Allow-Origin

The Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header indicates whether the response can be shared with resources with the given origin.

Header type Response header
Forbidden header name no

Syntax

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: <origin>

Directives

*
For requests without credentials, the server may specify "*" as a wildcard, thereby allowing any origin to access the resource.
<origin>
Specifies a URI that may access the resource.

Examples

To allow any resource to access your resource, you can specify:

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

To allow https://developer.mozilla.org to access your resource, you can specify:

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://developer.mozilla.org

CORS and caching

If the server specifies an origin host rather than "*", then it must also include Origin in the Vary response header to indicate to clients that server responses will differ based on the value of the Origin request header.

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://developer.mozilla.org
Vary: Origin

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Fetch
The definition of 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

FeatureChromeFirefoxEdgeInternet ExplorerOperaSafari
Basic Support43.51210124
FeatureAndroidChrome for AndroidEdge mobileFirefox for AndroidIE mobileOpera AndroidiOS Safari
Basic Support2.1(Yes)(Yes)1.0(Yes)123.2

See also

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