optionally disable cors

core/ginhelper/server.go

@@ -85,18 +85,24 @@
 	return server
 }
 
+// TODO: this is an anti-pattern and needs to be replaced by an option asap.
+var CorsEnabled = true
+
 func newBase() *gin.Engine {
 	server := gin.New()
 	// required for opentracing.
 	server.ContextWithFallback = true
-	server.Use(helmet.Default())
+
 	server.Use(gin.Recovery())
-	server.Use(cors.New(cors.Config{
-		AllowAllOrigins: true,
-		AllowHeaders:    []string{"*"},
-		AllowMethods:    []string{http.MethodGet, http.MethodPut, http.MethodPost, http.MethodPatch, http.MethodDelete, http.MethodOptions},
-		MaxAge:          12 * time.Hour,
-	}))
+	if CorsEnabled {
+		server.Use(helmet.Default())
+		server.Use(cors.New(cors.Config{
+			AllowAllOrigins: true,
+			AllowHeaders:    []string{"*"},
+			AllowMethods:    []string{http.MethodGet, http.MethodPut, http.MethodPost, http.MethodPatch, http.MethodDelete, http.MethodOptions},
+			MaxAge:          12 * time.Hour,
+		}))
+	}
 
 	// configure the request id
 	server.Use(requestid.New(

services/omnirpc/cmd/cmd.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 // Start starts the command line.
 func Start(args []string, buildInfo config.BuildInfo) {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
+
 	app.Name = buildInfo.Name()
 	app.Version = buildInfo.Version()
 	app.Usage = fmt.Sprintf("%s --help", buildInfo.Name())