## CORS
This whole section is only necessary in cross-origin cases (where you multiple bot API's running on `localhost:8081`, `localhost:8082`, ...), and want to combine them into one FreqUI instance.
??? info "Technical explanation"
All web-based front-ends are subject to [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing.
Since most of the requests to the Freqtrade API must be authenticated, a proper CORS policy is key to avoid security problems.
Also, the standard disallows `*` CORS policies for requests with credentials, so this setting must be set appropriately.
Users can allow access from different origin URL's to the bot API via the `CORS_origins` configuration setting.
It consists of a list of allowed URL's that are allowed to consume resources from the bot's API.
Assuming your application is deployed as `https://frequi.freqtrade.io/home/` - this would mean that the following configuration becomes necessary:
```jsonc
{
//...
"jwt_secret_key": "somethingRandomSomethingRandom123",
"CORS_origins": ["https://frequi.freqtrade.io"],
//...
}
```
In the following (pretty common) case, FreqUI is accessible on `http://localhost:8080/trade` (this is what you see in your navbar when navigating to freqUI).
The correct configuration for this case is `http://localhost:8080` - the main part of the URL including the port.
```jsonc
{
//...
"jwt_secret_key": "somethingRandomSomethingRandom123",
"CORS_origins": ["http://localhost:8080"],
//...
}
```
!!! Tip "trailing Slash"
The trailing slash is not allowed in the `CORS_origins` configuration (e.g. `"http://localhots:8080/"`).
Such a configuration will not take effect, and the cors errors will remain.
!!! Note
We strongly recommend to also set `jwt_secret_key` to something random and known only to yourself to avoid unauthorized access to your bot.