Spring MVC @RestController and redirect

spring rest spring-mvc redirect http-redirect
alexanoid picture alexanoid · Mar 16, 2015 · Viewed 84.5k times · Source

I have a REST endpoint implemented with Spring MVC @RestController. Sometime, depends on input parameters in my controller I need to send http redirect on client.

Is it possible with Spring MVC @RestController and if so, could you please show an example ?

Answer

Neil McGuigan picture Neil McGuigan · Mar 16, 2015

Add an HttpServletResponse parameter to your Handler Method then call response.sendRedirect("some-url");

Something like:

@RestController
public class FooController {

  @RequestMapping("/foo")
  void handleFoo(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
    response.sendRedirect("some-url");
  }

}

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