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The origin of some web content is defined by the scheme (protocol), host (domain), and port of the URL used to access it. Two objects have the same origin only when the scheme, host, and port match.

Some operations are restricted to same-origin content, and this restriction can be lifted using CORS.

Examples of same origin

https://example.com/app1/index.html
https://example.com/app2/index.html
same origin because same scheme (http) and host (example.com)
https://Example.com:80
https://example.com
same origin because a server delivers HTTP content through port 80 by default

Examples of different origin

https://example.com/app1
https://example.com/app2
different schemes
https://example.com
https://www.example.com
https://myapp.example.com
different hosts
https://example.com
https://example.com:8080
different ports

Learn more

​See Same-origin policy for more information.

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