From 1b751a8cacb8175388adbb52eac3e45c36094622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dessalines <dessalines@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:46:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding cors_origin to settings. Fixes #3665 (#4095)

* Adding cors_origin to settings. Fixes #3665

* Fix result to option.

* Forgot to update config defaults.

* Setting a cors origin doku default.

* Adding comments for CORS.
---
 config/defaults.hjson                | 3 +++
 crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs | 5 +++++
 src/lib.rs                           | 7 +++++--
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/defaults.hjson b/config/defaults.hjson
index 4b616f67..46e4e0a4 100644
--- a/config/defaults.hjson
+++ b/config/defaults.hjson
@@ -86,4 +86,7 @@
     bind: "127.0.0.1"
     port: 10002
   }
+  # Sets a response Access-Control-Allow-Origin CORS header
+  # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin
+  cors_origin: "*"
 }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
index c7d0cd3e..4c39e08a 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ pub struct Settings {
   #[default(None)]
   #[doku(example = "Some(Default::default())")]
   pub prometheus: Option<PrometheusConfig>,
+  /// Sets a response Access-Control-Allow-Origin CORS header
+  /// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin
+  #[default(None)]
+  #[doku(example = "*")]
+  pub cors_origin: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, SmartDefault, Document)]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 774857b9..6e62a680 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -282,11 +282,14 @@ fn create_http_server(
   let context: LemmyContext = federation_config.deref().clone();
   let rate_limit_cell = federation_config.rate_limit_cell().clone();
   let self_origin = settings.get_protocol_and_hostname();
+  let cors_origin_setting = settings.cors_origin;
   // Create Http server with websocket support
   let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
-    let cors_origin = env::var("LEMMY_CORS_ORIGIN");
+    let cors_origin = env::var("LEMMY_CORS_ORIGIN")
+      .ok()
+      .or(cors_origin_setting.clone());
     let cors_config = match (cors_origin, cfg!(debug_assertions)) {
-      (Ok(origin), false) => Cors::default()
+      (Some(origin), false) => Cors::default()
         .allowed_origin(&origin)
         .allowed_origin(&self_origin),
       _ => Cors::default()