Add Headers for Static Files with ASP.NET Core
10 Aug 2016Sometimes we need to add some headers for static file requests.
For example, if we want to allow third-party website to access images or audios
through XHR (it’s usefull when you want to do some custom decoding with these files).
You need to add Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * (relpace * with your domain if you don’t realy want to allow any domain to access).
If you use Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles to handle static file requests, you should find app.UseStaticFiles() in startup.cs.
Then what we need to do is add an Option like this:
app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
{
OnPrepareResponse = context =>
{
context.Context.Response.Headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*";
}
});
Done!
StaticFileOptions has some other properties to customize the StaticFileMiddleware behavior.
//
// Used to map files to content-types.
public IContentTypeProvider ContentTypeProvider { get; set; }
//
// The default content type for a request if the ContentTypeProvider cannot determine
// one. None is provided by default, so the client must determine the format themselves.
// http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec7.html#sec7
public string DefaultContentType { get; set; }
//
// Called after the status code and headers have been set, but before the body has
// been written. This can be used to add or change the response headers.
public Action<StaticFileResponseContext> OnPrepareResponse { get; set; }
//
// If the file is not a recognized content-type should it be served? Default: false.
public bool ServeUnknownFileTypes { get; set; }
Have fun!