Starter: CORS Back End Application

This project provides a simple Node.js server demonstrating how to implement Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). It serves as a foundational example to help developers learn how to configure CORS for handling cross-origin requests in web applications.

Features

Basic Express.js setup
Configured CORS middleware to handle requests from different origins
Development and production mode support
Easy to extend for adding routes and logic

Prerequisites

To run this project, you'll need:

Node.js (version 14 or higher recommended)
npm

Installation and Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Thinkful-Ed/starter-cors-backend.git

Navigate into the project directory:
```
cd starter-cors-backend
```
Install the required dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Start the application:
- For a regular run:
```
npm start
```
- For development mode with auto-restart:
```
npm run start:dev
```

The server will run on the default port 5555, or you can set your preferred port by defining the PORT environment variable.

Example:

PORT=3000 npm start

Project Structure

starter-cors-backend/
├── src/                # Contains the main application files
│   └── app.js          # Main Express application file
├── .gitignore          # Specifies files to ignore in version control
├── package.json        # Project metadata and dependencies
├── package-lock.json   # Version-lock for installed packages
└── README.md           # Project documentation

How to Customize

You can add new API routes by modifying the src/app.js file.
To enable CORS for specific domains or HTTP methods, modify the CORS configuration within app.js.

About CORS

CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a mechanism that allows web applications to securely make requests to resources on other domains. This is important for applications that communicate with APIs hosted on a different origin from the front-end application. The cors middleware in this project is pre-configured for ease of use.

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