CORS middleware sucks... Let's make our own

main.go

@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"safetwitch-backend/extractor/chat"
 	"safetwitch-backend/routes"
 
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gin-contrib/cors"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
@@ -33,6 +31,13 @@ func notFoundHandler(context *gin.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+func CORS() gin.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(c *gin.Context) {
+		c.Writer.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+		c.Next()
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	log.Println("Starting Safetwitch...")
 	// check for env
@@ -40,12 +45,9 @@ func main() {
 	if env == "" {
 		log.Fatalln("ENV Variable 'URL' is not present")
 	}
-
-	go chat.BeginTwitchChatConnection()
-
 	router := gin.New()
+	router.Use(CORS())
 	router.Use(gin.Recovery())
-	router.Use(cors.Default())
 
 	router.Use(ErrorHandler)
 	routes.SetRoutes(router)