what is laravel-cors fr?

taylorotwell/laravel-cors — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2020-10-22

★ 20Audience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · easy

vibe map

mindmap
  root((repo))
    What it does
      Allow cross origin requests
      Send permission headers
      Handle preflight checks
      Configure allowed domains
    Tech stack
      PHP
      Laravel
    Use cases
      Public API access
      Separate frontend domain
      Route specific CORS
    Audience
      Laravel developers
      API builders
    Setup
      Install package
      Add middleware
      Edit config file
    Notes
      Middleware placement matters
      Watch auth headers

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Allow cross origin requests Send permission headers Handle preflight checks Configure allowed domains Tech stack PHP Laravel Use cases Public API access Separate frontend domain Route specific CORS Audience Laravel developers API builders Setup Install package Add middleware Edit config file Notes Middleware placement matters Watch auth headers

what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Let a frontend app on example.com fetch data from your API on api.example.com without browser CORS errors.

VIBE 2

Configure which domains, routes, and HTTP methods are allowed to make cross-origin requests to your API.

VIBE 3

Build a public API that accepts requests from any origin using wildcard CORS rules.

what's the stack?

PHPLaravel

how it stacks up fr

	taylorotwell/laravel-cors	aaronz345/athena-personal-academic-page	abolix/xplex
Stars	20	20	20
Language	—	JavaScript	Go
Last pushed	2020-10-22	—	—
Maintenance	Dormant	—	—
Setup difficulty	easy	moderate	hard
Complexity	2/5	2/5	3/5
Audience	developer	researcher	ops devops

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 30min

Middleware placement and header handling (like authorization tokens) are common setup mistakes per the README's troubleshooting tips.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1

Show me how to install laravel-cors and add its middleware to my Laravel API.

prompt 2

Write a laravel-cors config that only allows GET and POST requests from https://example.com.

prompt 3

Explain how laravel-cors handles preflight OPTIONS requests automatically.

prompt 4

Help me debug why my Laravel API's authorization header is being stripped after adding CORS middleware.

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