.NET Web API CORS PreFlight Request

You can add a handler to deal with this type of request.

Create a class derive from “DelegatingHandler”:

public class PreflightRequestsHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
    protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        if (request.Headers.Contains("Origin") && request.Method.Method.Equals("OPTIONS"))
        {
            var response = new HttpResponseMessage { StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK };
            // Define and add values to variables: origins, headers, methods (can be global)               
            response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origins);
            response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", headers);
            response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", methods);
            var tsc = new TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>();
            tsc.SetResult(response);
            return tsc.Task;
        }
        return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
    }

}

Later in WebApiconfig.cs in Register method add this:

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
    // Define and add values to variables: origins, headers, methods (can be global) 
    // Enable global CORS
    config.EnableCors(new EnableCorsAttribute(origins, headers, methods));

    // Add handler to deal with preflight requests, this is the important part
    config.MessageHandlers.Add(new PreflightRequestsHandler()); // Defined above
    .
    .
    .
}