Launch browser automatically after spring-boot webapp is ready

Question

How do I launch a browser automatically after starting the spring boot application.Is there any listener method callback to check if the webapp has been deployed and is read

Answer 1

I've recently been attempting to get this working myself, I know it's been a while since this question was asked but my working (and very basic/simple) solution is shown below. This is a starting point for anyone wanting to get this working, refactor as required in your app!

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
        openHomePage();
    }

    private static void openHomePage() {
        try {
            URI homepage = new URI("http://localhost:8080/");
            Desktop.getDesktop().browse(homepage);
        } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}