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/* |
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* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS |
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* "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT |
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* LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR |
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* A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT |
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* OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, |
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* SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT |
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* LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, |
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* DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY |
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* THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT |
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* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE |
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* OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
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* |
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* This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals |
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* and is licensed under the MIT license. |
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*/ |
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namespace ZfrCorsTest\Service; |
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use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase; |
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use Zend\Http\Response as HttpResponse; |
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use Zend\Http\Request as HttpRequest; |
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use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent; |
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use Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\RouteMatch as DeprecatedRouteMatch; |
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use Zend\Router\Http\RouteMatch; |
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use ZfrCors\Options\CorsOptions; |
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use ZfrCors\Service\CorsService; |
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/** |
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* Integration tests for {@see \ZfrCors\Service\CorsService} |
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* |
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* @author Florent Blaison <[email protected]> |
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* @covers \ZfrCors\Service\CorsService |
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* @group Coverage |
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*/ |
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class CorsServiceTest extends TestCase |
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* @var CorsService |
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protected $corsService; |
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* @var HttpResponse |
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protected $response; |
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* @var HttpRequest |
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protected $request; |
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* @var MvcEvent |
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protected $event; |
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* @var CorsOptions |
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protected $corsOptions; |
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* Set up |
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public function setUp() |
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{ |
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parent::setUp(); |
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$this->corsOptions = new CorsOptions( |
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'allowed_origins' => ['http://example.com'], |
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'allowed_methods' => ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'], |
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'allowed_headers' => ['Content-Type', 'Accept'], |
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'exposed_headers' => ['Location'], |
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'max_age' => 10, |
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'allowed_credentials' => true, |
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] |
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); |
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$this->corsService = new CorsService($this->corsOptions); |
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} |
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public function testCanDetectCorsRequest() |
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
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$this->assertFalse($this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request)); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.com'); |
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$this->assertEquals(true, $this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request)); |
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public function testIsNotCorsRequestIfNotACrossRequest() |
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
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$request->setUri('http://example.com'); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.com'); |
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$this->assertEquals(false, $this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request)); |
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public function testCanDetectPreflightRequest() |
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$this->assertFalse($this->corsService->isPreflightRequest($request)); |
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$request->setMethod('OPTIONS'); |
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$this->assertFalse($this->corsService->isPreflightRequest($request)); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.com'); |
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$this->assertFalse($this->corsService->isPreflightRequest($request)); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Access-Control-Request-Method', 'POST'); |
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$this->assertTrue($this->corsService->isPreflightRequest($request)); |
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public function testProperlyCreatePreflightResponse() |
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.com'); |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponse($request); |
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$headers = $response->getHeaders(); |
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$this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode()); |
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$this->assertEquals('', $response->getContent()); |
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$this->assertEquals('http://example.com', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals( |
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'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS', |
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$headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Methods')->getFieldValue() |
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$this->assertEquals('Content-Type, Accept', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Headers')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals(10, $headers->get('Access-Control-Max-Age')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals(0, $headers->get('Content-Length')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals('true', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials')->getFieldValue()); |
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public function testDoesNotAddAllowCredentialsHeadersIfAsked() |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.com'); |
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$this->corsOptions->setAllowedCredentials(false); |
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$this->assertFalse($headers->has('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials')); |
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public function testCanReturnWildCardAllowOrigin() |
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://funny-origin.com'); |
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$this->corsOptions->setAllowedOrigins(['*']); |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponse($request); |
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$this->assertEquals('http://funny-origin.com', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://subdomain.example.com'); |
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$this->corsOptions->setAllowedOrigins(['*.example.com']); |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponse($request); |
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$headers = $response->getHeaders(); |
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$headerValue = $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue(); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'https://subdomain.example.com'); |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponse($request); |
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$headers = $response->getHeaders(); |
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$headerValue = $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue(); |
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$this->assertEquals('https://subdomain.example.com', $headerValue); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://subdomain.example.org'); |
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$this->assertEquals('null', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'https://example.com'); |
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$this->corsOptions->setAllowedOrigins(['http://*.example.com']); |
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$this->assertEquals('null', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertNotEquals(false, $headers->get('Vary')); |
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public function testCanPopulateNormalCorsRequest() |
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$this->assertEquals('http://example.com', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals('Location', $headers->get('Access-Control-Expose-Headers')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertTrue($this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request)); |
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$this->assertTrue($this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request)); |
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public function testCanHandleUnconfiguredRouteMatch() |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponseWithRouteOptions($request, $routeMatch); |
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$headers = $response->getHeaders(); |
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$this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode()); |
352
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$this->assertEquals('', $response->getContent()); |
353
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$this->assertEquals('http://example.com', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals( |
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'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS', |
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$headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Methods')->getFieldValue() |
357
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); |
358
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$this->assertEquals('Content-Type, Accept', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Headers')->getFieldValue()); |
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$this->assertEquals(10, $headers->get('Access-Control-Max-Age')->getFieldValue()); |
360
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$this->assertEquals(0, $headers->get('Content-Length')->getFieldValue()); |
361
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$this->assertEquals('true', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials')->getFieldValue()); |
363
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} |
364
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365
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public function testCanHandleConfiguredRouteMatch() |
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{ |
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$routeMatchParameters = [ |
369
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CorsOptions::ROUTE_PARAM => [ |
370
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'allowed_origins' => ['http://example.org'], |
371
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'allowed_methods' => ['POST', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'], |
372
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'allowed_headers' => ['Content-Type', 'Accept', 'Cookie'], |
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'exposed_headers' => ['Location'], |
374
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'max_age' => 5, |
375
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'allowed_credentials' => false, |
376
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], |
377
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]; |
378
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379
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$routeMatch = class_exists(DeprecatedRouteMatch::class) ? new DeprecatedRouteMatch($routeMatchParameters) : |
380
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new RouteMatch($routeMatchParameters); |
381
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'http://example.org'); |
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$response = $this->corsService->createPreflightCorsResponseWithRouteOptions($request, $routeMatch); |
385
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$headers = $response->getHeaders(); |
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$this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode()); |
388
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$this->assertEquals('', $response->getContent()); |
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$this->assertEquals('http://example.org', $headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Origin')->getFieldValue()); |
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390
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$this->assertEquals( |
391
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'POST, DELETE, OPTIONS', |
392
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$headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Methods')->getFieldValue() |
393
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); |
394
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$this->assertEquals( |
395
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'Content-Type, Accept, Cookie', |
396
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$headers->get('Access-Control-Allow-Headers')->getFieldValue() |
397
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); |
398
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$this->assertEquals(5, $headers->get('Access-Control-Max-Age')->getFieldValue()); |
399
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$this->assertEquals(0, $headers->get('Content-Length')->getFieldValue()); |
400
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401
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$this->assertFalse($headers->has('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials')); |
402
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} |
403
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404
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/** |
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* @see https://github.com/zf-fr/zfr-cors/issues/44 |
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* @expectedException \ZfrCors\Exception\InvalidOriginException |
407
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*/ |
408
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public function testDoesNotCrashApplicationOnInvalidOriginValue() |
409
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{ |
410
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$request = new HttpRequest(); |
411
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$request->setUri('https://example.com'); |
412
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$request->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Origin', 'file:'); |
413
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$this->corsService->isCorsRequest($request); |
414
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} |
415
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} |
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It seems like the method you are trying to call exists only in some of the possible types.
Let’s take a look at an example:
Available Fixes
Add an additional type-check:
Only allow a single type to be passed if the variable comes from a parameter: