8000 What is the reason for the current CORS policy, and can it be changed? · Issue #92 · 4chan/4chan-API · GitHub
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What is the reason for the current CORS policy, and can it be changed? #92
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Currently, the CORS policy for the 4chan API (a.4cdn.org) only allows requests from boards.4chan.org and boards.4channel.org (at least according to the docs).

This policy can be bypassed anyway by using a CORS proxy or by manually setting the Origin header in a request.

The exception is that requests from a browser environment will be blocked because browsers disallow setting the Origin header for security reasons.

Unless I am misunderstanding something, I see no security risk in allowing all origins, because this API is explicitly read-only.

Is there any reason to still have this policy?

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