[Python] How to enable CORS in flask

I am trying to make a cross origin request using jquery but it keeps being reject with the message

XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://... No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin ... is therefore not allowed access.
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I am using flask, heroku, and jquery

the client code looks like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#submit_contact').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'http://...',
// data: [
// { name: "name", value: $('name').val()},
// { name: "email", value: $('email').val() },
// { name: "phone", value: $('phone').val()},
// { name: "description", value: $('desc').val()}
//
// ],
data:"name=3&email=3&phone=3&description=3",
crossDomain:true,
success: function(msg) {
alert(msg);
}
});
});
});


on the heroku side i am using flask and it is like this

from flask import Flask,request
from flask.ext.mandrill import Mandrill
try:
from flask.ext.cors import CORS # The typical way to import flask-cors
except ImportError:
# Path hack allows examples to be run without installation.
import os
parentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
os.sys.path.insert(0, parentdir)

from flask.ext.cors import CORS
app = Flask(__name__)

app.config['MANDRILL_API_KEY'] = '...'
app.config['MANDRILL_DEFAULT_FROM']= '...'
app.config['QOLD_SUPPORT_EMAIL']='...'
app.config['CORS_HEADERS'] = 'Content-Type'

mandrill = Mandrill(app)
cors = CORS(app)

@app.route('/email/',methods=['POST'])
def hello_world():
name=request.form['name']
email=request.form['email']
phone=request.form['phone']
description=request.form['description']

mandrill.send_email(
from_email=email,
from_name=name,
to=[{'email': app.config['QOLD_SUPPORT_EMAIL']}],
text="Phone="+phone+"\n\n"+description
)

return '200 OK'

if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()

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