http_cors.pl

/*  Part of the SWI-Prolog HTTP package

    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    E-mail:        J.Wielemaker@cs.vu.nl
    WWW:           http://www.swi-prolog.org
    Copyright (C): 2011-2012, University of Amsterdam,
			      VU University Amsterdam

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*/

:- module(http_cors,
	  [ cors_enable/0
	  ]).
:- use_module(library(settings)).

:- setting(http:cors, list(atom), [],
	   'Enable CORS for the listed domains.  Use [*] for all domains').

/** <module> Enable CORS: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
@ingroup http

This small module allows  for   enabling  Cross-Origin  Resource Sharing
(CORS) for a specific  request.  Typically,   CORS  is  enabled  for API
services that you want to have useable  from browser client code that is
loaded from another domain. An example are   the LOD and SPARQL services
in ClioPatria.

Because CORS is a security risc  (see   references),  it  is disabled by
default. It is enabled through the setting  http:cors. The value of this
setting is a list of domains  that   are  allowed to access the service.
Because * is used as a wildcard match,  the value [*] allows access from
anywhere.

Services for which CORS is relevant must   call cors_enable/0 as part of
the HTTP response, as shown below. Note that cors_enable/0 is a no-op if
the setting http:cors is set to the empty list ([]).

  ==
  my_handler(Request) :-
	....,
	cors_enable,
	reply_json(Response, []).
  ==

@see	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting for understanding
	Cross-site scripting.
@see	http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/ for understanding CORS
*/


%%	cors_enable is det.
%
%	Emit  the  HTTP  header   =|Access-Control-Allow-Origin|=  using
%	domains from the setting http:cors.  This   this  setting  is []
%	(default), nothing is written. This  predicate is typically used
%	for replying to API  HTTP-request  (e.g.,   replies  to  an AJAX
%	request that typically serve JSON or XML).

cors_enable :-
	setting(http:cors, List),
	List \== [], !,
	format('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: ', []),
	write_domains(List),
	nl.
cors_enable.				% CORS not enabled

write_domains([]).
write_domains([H|T]) :-
	write(H),
	(   T == []
	->  true
	;   write(' '),
	    write_domains(T)
	).