Spring catch all route for index.html

Question

I\'m developing a spring backend for a react-based single page application where I\'m using react-router for client-side routing.

Beside the index.html page the back

Answer 1

I have a Polymer-based PWA hosted inside of my Spring Boot app, along with static web resources like images, and a REST API under "/api/...". I want the client-side app to handle the URL routing for the PWA. Here's what I use:

@Configuration
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
    /**
     * Ensure client-side paths redirect to index.html because client handles routing. NOTE: Do NOT use @EnableWebMvc or it will break this.
     */
    @Override
    public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
        // Map "/"
        registry.addViewController("/")
                .setViewName("forward:/index.html");

        // Map "/word", "/word/word", and "/word/word/word" - except for anything starting with "/api/..." or ending with
        // a file extension like ".js" - to index.html. By doing this, the client receives and routes the url. It also
        // allows client-side URLs to be bookmarked.

        // Single directory level - no need to exclude "api"
        registry.addViewController("/{x:[\\w\\-]+}")
                .setViewName("forward:/index.html");
        // Multi-level directory path, need to exclude "api" on the first part of the path
        registry.addViewController("/{x:^(?!api$).*$}/**/{y:[\\w\\-]+}")
                .setViewName("forward:/index.html");
    }

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        registry.addResourceHandler("/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/webapp/");
    }
}

This should work for Angular and React apps as well.