Spring Boot with AngularJS html5Mode

Question

I start my web application with spring boot. It use a simple main class to start an embedded tomcat server:

@Configuration
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@Componen         


        

Answer 1

I finally get my Angular 5 application working with spring boot with or without spring-boot-starter-tomcat as provided (embedded) or not!

/**
 * Needed for html5mode (PathLocationStrategy in Angular). Every path except api/* and resources (css, html, js, woff, etc..)
 * should be redirect to index.html and then should angular managed routes (which could be correct or non existing).
 */
@RestController
@RequestMapping
public class ForwardController {

    @GetMapping(value = "/**/{[path:[^\\.]*}")
    public ModelAndView forward() {
        return new ModelAndView("/index.html");
    }
}