Django Python rest framework, No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the requested resource in chrome, works in firefox

Install the cors-headers package with

pip install django-cors-headers

Adds to your installed apps

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'corsheaders',
    ...
]

Add on your MIDDLEWARE
remember to add as being the first in the list

MIDDLEWARE = [  
    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    ...
]

Before installed apps put this configuration for anyone to access

CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL=True

Or create a list of hits

CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = [
    'http://google.com',
    'http://hostname.example.com',
    'http://localhost:8000',
    'http://127.0.0.1:9000'
]

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