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Stats Switchmark Switchmark ForceCORS ForceCORS
User count 3,000+ 2,000+
Average rating 3.69 3.81
Rating count 102 16
Last updated 2017-09-28 2014-03-21
Size 7.71K 81.24K
Version 2.1 1.1
Short description
Switch between multiple bookmark bars easily! [WARNING] Update from Sep 2017: This extension is currently in beta - please back up… Allows forcing Cross-Origin Resource Sharing headers on any desired URL; helpful when accessing remote services from a local host.
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Switch between multiple bookmark bars easily!

[WARNING] Update from Sep 2017: This extension is currently in beta - please back up your bookmarks before installation. I've received reports from users that they have lost bookmarks. Unfortunately, I don't have any way to recover them for you - you may try to locate them among your existing bookmarks if that happens. HOWEVER, I'm keen to fix this bug, and I need your help to provide me with the steps required to reproduce the issue. If anyone encounters this issue, I would really appreciate if you could provide me (via the SUPPORT section) with the following information:

  1. Chrome version number
  2. OS type and version number (e.g. Windows 10, Mac OS X 10.11)
  3. Version number of this extension (if you're using the latest, it's 2.1 as of now)
  4. Was it a fresh install?
  5. What were you doing with the extension before you lost bookmarks?*
  6. Any other relevant information that would help me with diagnosing the issue

*Emphasis on #5. If you could provide me step-by-step instructions on replicating the issue especially on a freshly installed Chrome, and I'm able to successfully replicate the issue from my end, I will be able to figure out the issue and fix the problem.

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ForceCORS is a Google Chrome extension which allows you to selectively apply CORS Headers to any web server responses you choose. This is extremely helpful when developing a web application that makes Ajax/XHR requests.

The extension requires you to specify the domains that you wish to monitor and allows you to explicitly define the headers to be added. This is preferable to completely disabling XHR security in your browser, which is a big security hole.

Regarding Permissions In order to allow you to append headers to ANY arbitrary location, this extension requires access to intercept ANY web request. However, by default the extension does NOT monitor any web traffic. Only URLs you specifically whitelist will be read by the extension, and only headers that YOU specify will be appended.

Note: Headers added by this extension will not appear in the DevTools "Network" panel due to a known Chrome bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=258064

This extension is open source under the MIT License and can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/chrisdeely/ForceCORS