CORS with spring-boot and angularjs not working

Question

I am trying to call REST endpoints on one application (spring-boot application) from another (angularjs). The applications are running on the following hosts and ports.

• REST application, using spring boot, http://localhost:8080
• HTML application, using angularjs, http://localhost:50029

I am also using spring-security with the spring-boot application. From the HTML application, I can authenticate to the REST application, but, thereafter, I still cannot access any REST endpoint. For example, I have an angularjs service defined as follows.

adminServices.factory('AdminService', ['$resource', '$http', 'conf', function($resource, $http, conf) {
    var s = {};
    s.isAdminLoggedIn = function(data) {
        return $http({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'http://localhost:8080/api/admin/isloggedin',
            withCredentials: true,
            headers: {
                'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'
            }
        });
    };
    s.login = function(username, password) {
        var u = 'username=' + encodeURI(username);
        var p = 'password=' + encodeURI(password);
        var r = 'remember_me=1';
        var data = u + '&' + p + '&' + r;

        return $http({
            method: 'POST',
            url: 'http://localhost:8080/login',
            data: data,
            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
        });
    };
    return s;
}]);

The angularjs controller looks like the following.

adminControllers.controller('LoginController', ['$scope', '$http', 'AdminService', function($scope, $http, AdminService) {
    $scope.username = '';
    $scope.password = '';

    $scope.signIn = function() {
        AdminService.login($scope.username, $scope.password)
            .success(function(d,s) {
                if(d['success']) {
                    console.log('ok authenticated, call another REST endpoint');
                    AdminService.isAdminLoggedIn()
                        .success(function(d,s) {
                            console.log('i can access a protected REST endpoint after logging in');
                        })
                        .error(function(d, s) { 
                            console.log('huh, error checking to see if admin is logged in');
                            $scope.reset();
                        });
                } else {
                    console.log('bad credentials?');
                }
            })
            .error(function(d, s) {
                console.log('huh, error happened!');
            });
    };
}]);

On the call to http://localhost:8080/api/admin/isloggedin, I get a 401 Unauthorized.

On the REST application side, I have a CORS filter that looks like the following.

@Component
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class CORSFilter implements Filter {

    @Override
    public void destroy() { }

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain)
            throws IOException, ServletException {
        HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) res;
        HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req;

        response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "http://localhost:50029");
        response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, PUT, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE");
        response.setHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "3600");
        response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With, X-Auth-Token");
        response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");

        if(!"OPTIONS".equalsIgnoreCase(request.getMethod())) {
            chain.doFilter(req, res);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException { }
}

My spring security configuration looks like the following.

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Autowired
    private RestAuthenticationEntryPoint restAuthenticationEntryPoint;

    @Autowired
    private JsonAuthSuccessHandler jsonAuthSuccessHandler;

    @Autowired
    private JsonAuthFailureHandler jsonAuthFailureHandler;

    @Autowired
    private JsonLogoutSuccessHandler jsonLogoutSuccessHandler;

    @Autowired
    private AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider;

    @Autowired
    private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

    @Autowired
    private PersistentTokenRepository persistentTokenRepository;

    @Value("${rememberme.key}")
    private String rememberMeKey;

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .csrf().disable()
            .exceptionHandling()
            .authenticationEntryPoint(restAuthenticationEntryPoint)
                .and()
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/api/admin/**").hasRole("ADMIN")
                .antMatchers("/", "/admin", "/css/**", "/js/**", "/fonts/**", "/api/**").permitAll()
                .anyRequest().authenticated()
                .and()
            .formLogin()
                .successHandler(jsonAuthSuccessHandler)
                .failureHandler(jsonAuthFailureHandler)
                .permitAll()
                .and()
            .logout()
                .deleteCookies("remember-me", "JSESSIONID")
                .logoutSuccessHandler(jsonLogoutSuccessHandler)
                .permitAll()
                .and()
            .rememberMe()
                .userDetailsService(userDetailsService)
                .tokenRepository(persistentTokenRepository)
                .rememberMeCookieName("REMEMBER_ME")
                .rememberMeParameter("remember_me")
                .tokenValiditySeconds(1209600)
                .useSecureCookie(false)
                .key(rememberMeKey);
    }

    @Autowired
    public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth
            .authenticationProvider(authenticationProvider);
    }
}

All the handlers are doing is writing out a JSON response like {success: true} based on if the user logged in, failed to authenticate, or logged out. The RestAuthenticationEntryPoint looks like the following.

@Component
public class RestAuthenticationEntryPoint implements AuthenticationEntryPoint {

    @Override
    public void commence(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, AuthenticationException ex)
            throws IOException, ServletException {
        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED, "Unauthorized");
    }

}

Any ideas on what I am missing or doing wrong?

Answer 1

Extending WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter class and overriding configure() method in your @EnableWebSecurity class would work : Below is sample class

@Override
protected void configure(final HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

         http
        .csrf().disable()
        .exceptionHandling();
         http.headers().cacheControl();

        @Override
        public CorsConfiguration getCorsConfiguration(final HttpServletRequest request) {
            return new CorsConfiguration().applyPermitDefaultValues();
        }
    });
   }
}

Answer 2

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class SimpleCORSFilter implements Filter {

private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SimpleCORSFilter.class);

public SimpleCORSFilter() {
    log.info("SimpleCORSFilter init");
}

@Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {

    HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) req;
    HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) res;

    response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.getHeader("Origin"));
    response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");
    response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE");
    response.setHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "3600");
    response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type, Accept, X-Requested-With, remember-me");

    chain.doFilter(req, res);
}

@Override
public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
}

@Override
public void destroy() {
}

}

No need extra define this filter just add this class. Spring will be scan and add it for you. SimpleCORSFilter. Here is the example: spring-enable-cors

Answer 3

For me the only thing that worked 100% when spring security is used was to skip all the additional fluff of extra filters and beans and whatever indirect "magic" people kept suggesting that worked for them but not for me.

Instead just force it to write the headers you need with a plain StaticHeadersWriter:

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

        http
            // your security config here
            .authorizeRequests()
            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.TRACE, "/**").denyAll()
            .antMatchers("/admin/**").authenticated()
            .anyRequest().permitAll()
            .and().httpBasic()
            .and().headers().frameOptions().disable()
            .and().csrf().disable()
            .headers()
            // the headers you want here. This solved all my CORS problems! 
            .addHeaderWriter(new StaticHeadersWriter("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*"))
            .addHeaderWriter(new StaticHeadersWriter("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET"))
            .addHeaderWriter(new StaticHeadersWriter("Access-Control-Max-Age", "3600"))
            .addHeaderWriter(new StaticHeadersWriter("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true"))
            .addHeaderWriter(new StaticHeadersWriter("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin,Accept,X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Access-Control-Request-Method,Access-Control-Request-Headers,Authorization"));
    }
}

This is the most direct and explicit way I found to do it. Hope it helps someone.

Answer 4

check this one:

@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity httpSecurity) throws Exception {
    ...
            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, "/**").permitAll()
    ...
}

Answer 5

This works for me:

@Configuration
public class MyConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter  {
   //...
   @Override
   protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

       //...         

       http.cors().configurationSource(new CorsConfigurationSource() {

        @Override
        public CorsConfiguration getCorsConfiguration(HttpServletRequest request) {
            CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
            config.setAllowedHeaders(Collections.singletonList("*"));
            config.setAllowedMethods(Collections.singletonList("*"));
            config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
            config.setAllowCredentials(true);
            return config;
        }
      });

      //...

   }

   //...

}

Answer 6

If originally your program doesn't use spring security and can't afford for a code change, creating a simple reverse proxy can do the trick. In my case, I used Nginx with the following configuration:

http {
  server {
    listen 9090;
    location / {
      if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
      #
      # Custom headers and headers various browsers *should* be OK with but aren't
      #
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
      #
      # Tell client that this pre-flight info is valid for 20 days
      #
      add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
      add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain; charset=utf-8';
      add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
      return 204;
      }
      if ($request_method = 'POST') {
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'Content-Length,Content-Range';
      }
      if ($request_method = 'GET') {
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'DNT,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Range';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers' 'Content-Length,Content-Range';
      }

      proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
    }
  }
}

My program listens to :8080.

REF: CORS on Nginx