var apiUrl = "http://andrewgodfroyportfolioapi.azurewebsites.net/api/Authentication";
    //alert(username + "|" + password + "|" + apiUrl);
    $.ajax({
        url: apiUrl,
        type: "POST",
        data: {
            username: username,
            password: password
        },
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (response) {
            var authenticatedUser = JSON.parse(response);
            //alert("Data Loaded: " + authenticatedUser);
            if (onComplete != null) {
                onComplete(authenticatedUser);
            }
        },
        error: function (xhr, status, error) {
            //alert(xhr.responseText);
            if (onComplete != null) {
                onComplete(xhr.responseText);
            }
        }
    });

// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        // Add Cors
        services.AddCors(o => o.AddPolicy("MyPolicy", builder =>
        {
            builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                   .AllowAnyMethod()
                   .AllowAnyHeader();
        }));

        // Add framework services.
        services.AddMvc();
        services.Configure<MvcOptions>(options =>
        {
            options.Filters.Add(new CorsAuthorizationFilterFactory("MyPolicy"));
        });

        ...
        ...
        ...
    }

    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure
    //the HTTP request pipeline.
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env,
    ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
    {
        loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
        loggerFactory.AddDebug();

        // Enable Cors
        app.UseCors("MyPolicy");

        //app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
        app.UseMvc();

        ...
        ...
        ...
    }

[Route("api/[controller]")]
[EnableCors("MyPolicy")]
public class AdminController : Controller

.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "*")
.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*")
.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "86400")

.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE")
.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "content-type, accept, X-PINGOTHER")
.AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-PINGOTHER, Host, User-Agent, Accept, Accept: application/json, application/json, Accept-Language, Accept-Encoding, Access-Control-Request-Method, Access-Control-Request-Headers, Origin, Connection, Content-Type, Content-Type: application/json, Authorization, Connection, Origin, Referer")

app.UseSecurityHeadersMiddleware(new SecurityHeadersBuilder()
    .AddDefaultSecurePolicy()
    .AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "http://localhost:3000")
    .AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "OPTIONS, GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE")
    .AddCustomHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-PINGOTHER, Content-Type, Authorization"));

Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddCors();
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
    app.UseMvc();

    app.UseCors(
        options => options.WithOrigins("http://example.com").AllowAnyMethod()
    );
}

var JSON = JSON || {};

    // implement JSON.stringify serialization
    JSON.stringify = JSON.stringify || function (obj) {

        var t = typeof (obj);
        if (t != "object" || obj === null) {

            // simple data type
            if (t == "string") obj = '"' + obj + '"';
            return String(obj);

        }
        else {

            // recurse array or object
            var n, v, json = [], arr = (obj && obj.constructor == Array);

            for (n in obj) {
                v = obj[n]; t = typeof (v);

                if (t == "string") v = '"' + v + '"';
                else if (t == "object" && v !== null) v = JSON.stringify(v);

                json.push((arr ? "" : '"' + n + '":') + String(v));
            }

            return (arr ? "[" : "{") + String(json) + (arr ? "]" : "}");
        }
    };

    // implement JSON.parse de-serialization
    JSON.parse = JSON.parse || function (str) {
        if (str === "") str = '""';
        eval("var p=" + str + ";");
        return p;
    };

data: JSON.stringify({
        username: username,
        password: password
    }),