fix(app): cors fix to account for port or alpla.net

app/main.ts

@@ -81,24 +81,38 @@ const main = async () => {
     app.use(express.json());
 
     const allowedOrigins = [
-        "http://localhost:5173", // lstV2 dev
-        "http://localhost:5500", // lst dev
-        "http://localhost:4200", // express
-        "http://localhost:4000", // prod port
+        /^https?:\/\/localhost:(5173|5500|4200|3000|4000)$/, // all the allowed backend ports
+        /^https?:\/\/.*\.alpla\.net$/,
         env.BETTER_AUTH_URL, // prod
     ];
 
     app.use(
         cors({
             origin: (origin, callback) => {
-                // allow requests with no origin (like curl, service workers, PWAs)
-                if (!origin) return callback(null, true);
+                //console.log("CORS request from origin:", origin);
 
-                if (allowedOrigins.includes(origin)) {
-                    return callback(null, true);
-                } else {
-                    return callback(new Error("Not allowed by CORS"));
+                if (!origin) return callback(null, true); // allow same-site or direct calls
+
+                try {
+                    const hostname = new URL(origin).hostname; // strips protocol/port
+                    //console.log("Parsed hostname:", hostname);
+
+                    if (allowedOrigins.includes(origin)) {
+                        return callback(null, true);
+                    }
+
+                    // Now this works for *.alpla.net
+                    if (
+                        hostname.endsWith(".alpla.net") ||
+                        hostname === "alpla.net"
+                    ) {
+                        return callback(null, true);
+                    }
+                } catch (err) {
+                    //console.error("Invalid Origin header:", origin);
                 }
+
+                return callback(new Error("Not allowed by CORS: " + origin));
             },
             methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "OPTIONS"],
             credentials: true,