Support preflight requests

Author: ajnisbet

docs/changelog.md

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 This is a list of changes to Open Topo Data between each release.
 
 
-## Version 1.8.4 (18 Aug 2023)
+## Version 1.8.4 (19 Feb 2024)
+* Dependency upgrades
+* Fix handling of preflight requests ([#93](https://github.com/ajnisbet/opentopodata/issues/93))
+
 
 ## Version 1.8.3 (7 Feb 2023)
 

opentopodata/api.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
+from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, Response
 from flask_caching import Cache
 import polyline
 
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ def _load_config_memcache():
     return config.load_config()
 
 
+@app.before_request
+def handle_preflight():
+    # If before_request returns a non-none value, the regular view isn't run.
+    # after_request() does still run though, so the CORS header and OTD version
+    # will be set correctly there.
+    if request.method == "OPTIONS":
+        response = Response(status=204)
+        response.headers["access-control-allow-methods"] = "GET,POST,OPTIONS,HEAD"
+        response.headers["access-control-allow-headers"] = "content-type,x-api-key"
+        return response
+
+
 @app.after_request
 def apply_cors(response):
     """Set CORs header.
@@ -84,6 +96,16 @@ def apply_cors(response):
     return response
 
 
+@app.after_request
+def add_version(response):
+    if "version" not in _SIMPLE_CACHE:
+        with open(VERSION_PATH) as f:
+            version = f.read().strip()
+        _SIMPLE_CACHE["version"] = version
+    response.headers["x-opentopodata-version"] = _SIMPLE_CACHE["version"]
+    return response
+
+
 class ClientError(ValueError):
     """Invalid input data.
 
@@ -543,13 +565,3 @@ def get_elevation(dataset_name):
         app.logger.error(e)
         msg = "Unhandled server error, see server logs for details."
         return jsonify({"status": "SERVER_ERROR", "error": msg}), 500
-
-
-@app.after_request
-def add_version(response):
-    if "version" not in _SIMPLE_CACHE:
-        with open(VERSION_PATH) as f:
-            version = f.read().strip()
-        _SIMPLE_CACHE["version"] = version
-    response.headers["x-opentopodata-version"] = _SIMPLE_CACHE["version"]
-    return response

tests/test_api.py

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ def test_no_cors(self, patch_config):
         response = test_api.get(url)
         assert response.headers.get("access-control-allow-origin") is None
 
+    def test_options(self):
+        test_api = api.app.test_client()
+        url = "/"
+        response = test_api.options(url)
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+        assert "x-opentopodata-version" in response.headers
+        assert "access-control-allow-methods" in response.headers
+        assert response.headers.get("access-control-allow-origin") == "*"
+
 
 class TestFindRequestAgument:
     def test_no_argument(self, patch_config):