A short companion for CORS Checker: when it is useful, what it expects, and what to check before using the result.

What it does

Check whether a URL can be read by JavaScript from this site origin. The tool sends a browser fetch request and, where possible, an OPTIONS-style probe, then reports what the browser allowed the page to see. It cannot spoof arbitrary Origin headers because browsers deliberately do not allow that.

Use the tool

Open CORS Checker, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

Input and output

  • Input: text.
  • Output: text.
  • Category: Network.

Privacy and processing

This tool needs a network request to complete the lookup or test. Send only data you are comfortable sharing with the target service.

Questions

Why does it say blocked without showing the server headers?

When CORS blocks a response, the browser hides the response from JavaScript. That is the rule this tool is testing, so sometimes the only honest answer is that the page could not read the details.

Related guide

For broader background, see Debugging CORS Without Guessing.