if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') { console.log('!OPTIONS'); var headers = {}; // IE8 does not allow domains to be specified, just the * // headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = req.headers.origin; headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*"; headers["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"] = "POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"; headers["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"] = false; headers["Access-Control-Max-Age"] = '86400'; // 24 hours headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = "X-Requested-With, X-HTTP-Method-Override, Content-Type, Accept"; res.writeHead(200, headers); res.end(); } else { //...other requests }