OPTIONS still executes methods

[mikepc]

The OPTIONS preflight request is intended to NOT execute the endpoint, placing this on the endpoint causes the endpoint to be executed on the pre-flight request (so a web client would then double-execute the same endpoint).

The idea of pre-flight is that it's a check to see if the method CAN be executed, not to actually execute it.

[ashleysommer]

@mikepc
If you enable automatic_options configurable setting in Sanic-CORS, then the plugin will automatically handle the pre-flight request and return the correct response to the client without executing your route function.

If however you don't use automatic_options, and instead add add the OPTIONS method on your route handler then your route handler will be executed and its up to your code to check if its OPTIONS or not and handle the request appropriately.

I hope that clears things up.

[ashleysommer]

@mikepc I'm going to close this Issue. If you have any more problems, please reopen it.

[adamshamsudeen]

Can we add automatic_options to the basic usage example in the docs? That'll make life a lot easier for newcomers.

[ashleysommer]

I thought it was already in there.

If it's not, we absolutely should add it.