Question
CORS Issue When Accessing Files from Digital Ocean Spaces in React-Adonis App
- Posted on March 10, 2025
- DigitalOcean SpacesBuilding on DigitalOceanDroplets
Asked by St80ene
I deployed my React.js + Adonis.js app to Digital Ocean Spaces, but I’m running into a CORS error when trying to access files from my app.
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If I copy the file URL and paste it into a new browser tab, the file loads successfully.
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However, when trying to fetch it from my app, I get a CORS error in the console.
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The same code worked perfectly on AWS S3 without any CORS issues. Here’s an example of the error: Access to fetch at ‘<DigitalOcean_Spaces_URL>/file_directory/<file>.pdf’ from origin ‘<my_app_URL>’ has been blocked by CORS policy: No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the requested resource.
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I have followed Digital Ocean’s documentation on setting CORS permissions, but the issue persists.
Has anyone encountered this before? Any ideas on how to resolve it?
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Hey there 👋
Even though the files load fine when accessed directly in the browser, browsers will block JavaScript-based requests (like
fetch()oraxios) unless CORS is properly configured.Head over to your Space → Settings → CORS Configurations and make sure you’ve added your domain correctly there?
Don’t forget to include the full URL with
https://if you’re using SSL, it’s required for the CORS rule to work properly.If you can, feel free to share a screenshot of your current CORS config, happy to take a look and help you troubleshoot!
- Bobby