From 54ab55f995dfac9d9ae88f12f9c34e22e16948e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vindya Kodithuwakku <vindyasubodhi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 23:24:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backend): enable CORS for frontend integration and update
 dependencies

---
 package-lock.json | 1 +
 package.json      | 1 +
 server.js         | 5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3635319..1438741 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
+        "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
         "express": "^5.1.0",
         "express-validator": "^7.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1fc4c1b..c7997a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
+    "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
     "express-validator": "^7.2.1",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 44a4618..04583ee 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dotenv/config';
 import express from 'express';
 import http from "http";
+import cors from 'cors'; // Added CORS import
 import { initializeDatabase, initializeStorage } from './src/services/connectionService.js';
 import healthRoutes from './src/routes/health.js';
 import { setupSocket } from './src/socket/socket.js';
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import cashRequestRoutes from './src/routes/cashRequestRoutes.js';
 const app = express();
 const server = http.createServer(app);
 
+// Enable CORS (this is the only new middleware)
+app.use(cors());
 
 //Socket.io
 setupSocket(server);
@@ -76,4 +79,4 @@ async function startServer() {
 }
 
 // Start the server
-  startServer();
\ No newline at end of file
+startServer();