Add a setting to allow all access.

README.md

@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ When doing requests, it's good to know that:
 
 `go run main.go start -l`
 
+ - Disable CORS. To allow access from any host (not secure) `-a` or `--allorigins`. Default value is `false`.
+
+This adds the header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" which tells the browser to allow from any origin.
+
+`go run main.go start -a`
+
+
 ## Known issues
 - For users running **macOS Catalina** and newer versions, apple will prevent binary from run as it hasn't been notarized 
 and signed. To overcome this issue, you can [add a security exception](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491) 

cmd/start.go

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Please note that only array data type resources are supported`,
 	// Optional flag to enable logs.
 	startCmd.Flags().BoolP("logs", "l", false, "Enable logs")
 
+	// Optional flag to allow all origins
+	startCmd.Flags().BoolP("allorigins", "a", false, "Allow any Origin ie 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *' in the header")
+
 	return startCmd
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +75,11 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: logs", errFailedParseFlag)
 	}
 
+	allorigins, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("allorigins")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: logs", errFailedParseFlag)
+	}
+
 	// Setup logger.
 	logger.Setup(logs)
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	// Setup API server.
 	api := &http.Server{
 		Addr:    ":" + port,
-		Handler: handler.Setup(resourceStorage),
+		Handler: handler.Setup(resourceStorage, allorigins),
 		// Good practice to set timeouts to avoid Slowloris attacks.
 		WriteTimeout: time.Second * 15,
 		ReadTimeout:  time.Second * 15,

internal/handler/handler.go

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Setup API handler based on provided resources.
-func Setup(resourceStorage map[string]storage.Storage) http.Handler {
+func Setup(resourceStorage map[string]storage.Storage, allow_all bool) http.Handler {
 	router := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
 	router.Use(middleware.Recovery)
 	router.Use(middleware.Logger)
-	router.Use(middleware.CorsAllowAll)
+	if allow_all {
+		router.Use(middleware.CorsAllowAll)
+	}
 
 	// For each resource create the appropriate endpoint handlers.
 	for resourceKey, storageSvc := range resourceStorage {