express.js middleware to support CORS pre-flight requests

node-express-cors-middleware.js

app.use(express.methodOverride());

// ## CORS middleware
// 
// see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7067966/how-to-allow-cors-in-express-nodejs
var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE');
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type, Authorization');
      
    // intercept OPTIONS method
    if ('OPTIONS' == req.method) {
      res.send(200);
    }
    else {
      next();
    }
};
app.use(allowCrossDomain);