server.js

// Set the default server configuration.
var config = {
	server: {
		port: 8015
	}
};

// Create the web server.
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
	if (request.method === 'OPTIONS') {
		// IE8 does not allow domains to be specified for 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin'.
		// Only * is allowed.
		var headers = {};
		headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*";
		headers["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"] = "POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS";
		headers["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"] = true;
		headers["Access-Control-Max-Age"] = '86400'; // 24 hours
		headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = "Accept, Authorization, Content-Type, Origin, X-API-Version, X-HTTP-Method-Override, X-Requested-With";
		response.writeHead(200, headers);
		response.end();
		return;
	}

	response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
	response.write("system error");
	response.end();
}).listen(config.server.port);