Updated handling to be CORS compatible.

src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/devicemanagmeent/DeviceResource.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.bwssystems.HABridge.devicemanagmeent;
 
 import static spark.Spark.get;
+import static spark.Spark.options;
 import static spark.Spark.post;
 import static spark.Spark.put;
 import static spark.Spark.delete;
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ public class DeviceResource {
 
     private void setupEndpoints() {
     	log.info("HABridge device management service started.... ");
+	    // http://ip_address:port/api/devices CORS request
+	    options(API_CONTEXT, "application/json", (request, response) -> {
+	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE");
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", request.headers("Access-Control-Request-Headers"));
+	        response.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+	    	return "";
+	    });
     	post(API_CONTEXT, "application/json", (request, response) -> {
 	    	log.debug("Create a Device - request body: " + request.body());
     		DeviceDescriptor device = new Gson().fromJson(request.body(), DeviceDescriptor.class);
@@ -67,11 +77,21 @@ public class DeviceResource {
 	    	deviceRepository.save(device);
 			log.debug("Created a Device: " + request.body());
 
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
 			response.status(HttpStatus.SC_CREATED);
 
             return device;
 	    }, new JsonTransformer());
 
+	    // http://ip_address:port/api/devices/:id CORS request
+	    options(API_CONTEXT + "/:id", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
+	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE");
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", request.headers("Access-Control-Request-Headers"));
+	        response.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+	    	return "";
+	    });
     	put (API_CONTEXT + "/:id", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
 	    	log.debug("Edit a Device - request body: " + request.body());
         	DeviceDescriptor device = new Gson().fromJson(request.body(), DeviceDescriptor.class);

src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/hue/HueMulator.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import net.java.dev.eval.Expression;
 
 import static spark.Spark.get;
+import static spark.Spark.options;
 import static spark.Spark.post;
 import static spark.Spark.put;
 
@@ -85,6 +86,15 @@ public class HueMulator {
 	        return deviceResponseMap;
 	    } , new JsonTransformer());
 
+	    // http://ip_address:port/api CORS request
+	    options(HUE_CONTEXT, "application/json", (request, response) -> {
+	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT");
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", request.headers("Access-Control-Request-Headers"));
+	        response.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+	    	return "";
+	    });
 	    // http://ip_address:port/api with body of user request returns json object for a success of user add
         post(HUE_CONTEXT, "application/json", (request, response) -> {
         	UserCreateRequest aNewUser = null;
@@ -105,11 +115,21 @@ public class HueMulator {
     			aDeviceType = "<not given>";
     		log.debug("hue api user create requested for device type: " + aDeviceType + " and username: " + newUser);
 
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
 			response.type("application/json; charset=utf-8"); 
     		response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
 	        return "[{\"success\":{\"username\":\"" + newUser + "\"}}]";
 	    } );
 
+	    // http://ip_address:port/api/* CORS request
+	    options(HUE_CONTEXT + "/*", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
+	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT");
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", request.headers("Access-Control-Request-Headers"));
+	        response.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+	    	return "";
+	    });
         //		http://ip_address:port/api/* with body of user request returns json object for a success of user add - This method is for Harmony Hub
         post(HUE_CONTEXT + "/*", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
         	UserCreateRequest aNewUser = null;
@@ -130,6 +150,7 @@ public class HueMulator {
     			aDeviceType = "<not given>";
     		log.debug("HH trace: hue api user create requested for device type: " + aDeviceType + " and username: " + newUser);
 
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
 			response.type("application/json; charset=utf-8"); 
     		response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
 	        return "[{\"success\":{\"username\":\"" + newUser + "\"}}]";        
@@ -178,6 +199,15 @@ public class HueMulator {
 	        return lightResponse;
 	    }, new JsonTransformer()); 
 
+	    // http://ip_address:port/api/:userid/lights/:id/state CORS request
+	    options(HUE_CONTEXT + "/:userid/lights/:id/state", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
+	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT");
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", request.headers("Access-Control-Request-Headers"));
+	        response.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+	    	return "";
+	    });
 	    // http://ip_address:port/api/{userId}/lights/{lightId}/state uses json object to set the lights state
 	    put(HUE_CONTEXT + "/:userid/lights/:id/state", "application/json", (request, response) -> {
 	        /**
@@ -260,6 +290,7 @@ public class HueMulator {
 				}
 	        }
 	
+	        response.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", request.headers("Origin"));
 			response.type("application/json; charset=utf-8"); 
 	        response.status(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
 	        return responseString;

src/main/resources/public/scripts/app.js

@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ app.service('bridgeService', function ($http, $window, BridgeSettings) {
                     if (error.data) {
                         self.state.error = error.data.message;
                     } else {
-                        self.state.error = "If you're not seeing any devices, you may be running into problems with CORS. " +
+                        self.state.error = "Some error occurred.";
-                            "You can work around this by running a fresh launch of Chrome with the --disable-web-security flag.";
                     }
                     console.log(error);
                 }