Spring boot: how to match all routes?

Question

I'm developing a simple web application on Spring boot 1.5.3 and I need all the routes to send static index.html file. Now, I have this:

@Controller
public class IndexController {

    @RequestMapping("/*")
    public String index(final HttpServletRequest request) {
        final String url = request.getRequestURI();

        if (url.startsWith("/static")) {
            return String.format("forward:/%s", url);
        }

        return "forward:/static/index.html";
    }
}

My application contains only static assets and REST API. But the problem is that the controller shown above only matches the first-level url like /index, /department etc. I want to match all url levels like /index/some/other/staff etc. How can I do that?

PS. I've tried to use the template /** in @RequestMapping, but my application has broken with the StackOverflow error.

UPDATE

If add one more level to url, then all will work as expected:

@Controller
public class IndexController {

    @RequestMapping("/test/**")
    public String index(final HttpServletRequest request) {
        final String url = request.getRequestURI();

        if (url.startsWith("/static")) {
            return String.format("forward:/%s", url);
        }

        return "forward:/static/index.html";
    }
}

All requests to /test, /test/some/other/staff will return index.html, but I need to start with /.

Try reading this similar question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12569308/spring-difference-of-and-with-regards-to-paths — ricardofagodoy, Jun 07 '17 at 11:43
@AmerQarabsa, Sorry, but I did not fully understand what I need to do :) — MrNVK, Jun 07 '17 at 11:51
try like this, return "forward:{full path}/static/index.html"; — Amer Qarabsa, Jun 07 '17 at 11:52
@RicardoGodoy, I read that topic, but I can resolve my issue with this link. — MrNVK, Jun 07 '17 at 12:07
@RequestMapping("/") on class level with @RequestMapping("/*") on method level? or /** on method — fg78nc, Jun 07 '17 at 12:17
@fg78nc, Already tried first solution, but I need to match all urls, not only first level. Second solution not work for me, please, look at first update. — MrNVK, Jun 07 '17 at 12:21
my solution here, if already given answers dont work- https://stackoverflow.com/a/69004482/3333878 — abitcode, Aug 31 '21 at 20:19

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '21 at 09:58

Above answer didn't really work for me. As per official Spring doc it should be done like this:

@RequestMapping(value = "{*path}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
@ResponseBody
public String handleAll(@PathVariable(value = "path") String path) {
    log.debug("Requested path is: {}", path);
    return "forward:/static/index.html";
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 12 '21 at 06:53

3

You can try this:

@Controller
public class IndexController {

@RequestMapping(value = "/**/{path:[^\\.]*}")
public String index(final HttpServletRequest request) {
    final String url = request.getRequestURI();

    if (url.startsWith("/static")) {
        return String.format("forward:/%s", url);
    }

    return "forward:/static/index.html";
}
}

edited Jan 12 '21 at 06:53

anubhava

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answered Jun 07 '17 at 12:17

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