API returning a CORS error when checking convert request status

Questions / Help
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I’m trying to make a request to the REST API for checking a video conversion request status.
I’m using Axios the make a GET request to https://api.uploadcare.com/convert/video/status/${token}, using the following headers:

Authorization: `Uploadcare.Simple ${UPLOADCARE_KEY}:${UPLOADCARE_SECRET}`,
Accept: "application/vnd.uploadcare-v0.5+json",

When I do a POST request to convert the file it works, but when doing this GET request it returns a CORS error.
I looked at the API docs and could not find a solution. any Ideas?

2

Hi @dan

Are you making the request from the browser or NodeJS? Any additional details about the environment will be helpful.

3

Hi @Alex,
I’m making the request from the browser (FE). Should I be making it from the BE with Node?

4

Technically, it should work from both, but for security reasons, it’s recommended to implement this logic on the backend. Either way, I was unable to reproduce the issue in the browser. Can you please clarify if the request’s origin is HTTP or HTTPS?

5

It’s not https, perhaps that’s the issue. When I try from a local environment I get the CORS error, when I try with postman immediately after the conversion request I get a 404 response

6

Yes, most likely, that’s the issue. Check out this article to learn about how to set up HTTPS for your local environment.

Can you please tell me more about this

when I try with postman immediately after the conversion request I get a 404 response

What is the interval between the requests? Are you making the conversion request with Postman as well?

7

The interval is around 3 seconds - I do the conversion request from the browser, get a token back, copy that and shoot the status check from postman.
In general, how come the conversion request is ok locally and the status check request isn’t?

8

Can you please DM me a token that returns 404? Also, if you make both requests from Postman, does it work?