Trouble-shooting CORS in Play Framework 2.4.x

Question

I have a java play framework 2.4.x web app providing a JSON/HTTP API. When I run my front-end HTML/JS file:///Users/nize/tmp/index.html calling the API on

Answer 1

filters = "filters.Filters"


play.filters {

  cors {

    # The allowed origins. If null, all origins are allowed.
    allowedOrigins = null

    # The allowed HTTP methods. If null, all methods are allowed
    allowedHttpMethods = null

    # The allowed HTTP headers. If null, all  headers are allowed.
    allowedHttpHeaders = null
  }

}



public class Filters implements HttpFilters {

    @Inject
    private CORSFilter corsFilter;

    public EssentialFilter[] filters() {
        return new EssentialFilter[] {
            corsFilter.asJava()
        };
    }

}