java web project remove folders from the url

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I have a java web project myapp running on tomcat 8 my html file is in myapp/app/index.html But i dont want the app to be seen in the url - just myapp/index.html How can this be done

xiaofeng.li · Answer 1 · 2015-01-07T12:54:03.717

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You can use the rewrite Valve.

myapp/
  app/index.html
  META-INF/context.xml <-- add
  WEB_INF/
    rewrite.config <-- add
    web.xml

context.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Context>
    <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve"/>
</Context>

rewrite.config:

RewriteRule ^/index.html /app/index.html
RewriteRule ^/$ /app/index.html

edited Jan 07 '15 at 12:54

answered Jan 07 '15 at 12:25

xiaofeng.li

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Where and how do i add it ? – yonia Jan 07 '15 at 12:27
I created a minimal webapp that works. Note that you should remove `index.jsp` from your app root. – xiaofeng.li Jan 07 '15 at 12:50
it doesnt seems to work nothing happens when i go to http://localhost:8080/app/index.html – yonia Jan 07 '15 at 12:58
Well...you should access localhost:8080/myapp/index.html – xiaofeng.li Jan 07 '15 at 13:00
It doesnt seems to handle the request – yonia Jan 07 '15 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Or you could run your app in the root context of tomcat:

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Jan 07 '15 at 12:49

Thomas Steinbach

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Thomas Steinbach I will still see the subdirectory in the url path – yonia Jan 07 '15 at 13:01
The obvious solution to that problem, to copy the web resources to the webapp root folder, is not acceptable I guess? Why are they in an 'app' subfolder? To maintain an easier to manage hierarchy for development perhaps? – Gimby Jan 07 '15 at 13:10
Yes exactly that's the idea – yonia Jan 07 '15 at 13:31

java web project remove folders from the url

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