Bucket CORS Operations

Bucket CORS operations enable Zenko to permit cross-origin requests sent through the browser on a per-bucket basis. To enable cross-origin requests, configure an S3 bucket by adding a CORS subresource containing rules for the type of requests to permit.

Bucket CORS Specification

Zenko implements the AWS S3 Bucket CORS APIs.

Preflight CORS Requests

A preflight request with the HTTP OPTIONS method can be made against Zenko to determine whether CORS requests are permitted on a bucket before sending the actual request. (For detailed information on the preflight request and response, see the OPTIONS object.)

Warning

If several rules are specified, the first one matching the preflight request Origin, Access-Control-Request-Method header and Access-Control-Request-Headers header is the rule used to determine response headers that are relevant to CORS (the same behavior as AWS).

CORS Headers in Non-Options Requests and AWS Compatibility

With the exception Access-Control-Allow-Headers, CORS-relevant response headers are sent in response to regular API calls if those requests possess the Origin header and are permitted by a CORS configuration on the bucket.

Note

Because responding with CORS headers requires making a call to metadata to retrieve the bucket’s CORS configuration, CORS headers are not returned if the request encounters an error before the API method retrieves the bucket from metadata (if, for example, a request is not properly authenticated). Such behavior deviates slightly from AWS, in favor of performance, anticipating that the preflight OPTIONS route will serve most client needs regarding CORS. If many rules are specified, the first rule that matches the request’s origin and HTTP method is used to determine response headers that are relevant to CORS (the same behavior as AWS).