How to combine GET & POST HTTP methods for the same view in Spring web app?

Question

I have a view that is rendered with this method:

@RequestMapping("/employee/{id}")
public String showSpecificEmployee(@PathVariable String id, Model model){

    model.addAttribute("employee", employeeService.findEmployeeById(new Long(id)));

    DateCommand dateCommand = new DateCommand();
    dateCommand.setEmployeeId(new Long(id));

    model.addAttribute("date", dateCommand);

    return "specificEmployee";
}

The view displayes some basic information about the Employee. On the same view, I do have a form to choose a month and filter the information by Date. After the Date is chosen, I would like to have the view 'refreshed' with updated information. That means I do have a POST & GET methods bound to the same view.

@RequestMapping("/passdate")
public String updateWorkmonth(@ModelAttribute DateCommand dateCommand, Model model){

    model.addAttribute("employee", employeeService.findEmployeeWithFilteredWorkdaysAndPayments(dateCommand.getEmployeeId(), dateCommand.getActualDate()));
    model.addAttribute("date", dateCommand);

    return "specificEmployee";
}

After the second method is invoked looks like http://localhost:8080/passdate?employeeId=1&actualDate=2018-02, but I want it to be /employee/{id}. How do I combine those 2 methods, so they point to the same URL?

If I set @RequestMapping("/employee/{id}") on both methods, I keep getting an error.

refer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17987380/combine-get-and-post-request-methods-in-spring — Gaurav, Feb 14 '18 at 14:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '18 at 16:20

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You actually need only one GET method

@RequestMapping("/employee/{id}")

and optionally passed

@RequestParam("actualDate")

edited Feb 14 '18 at 16:20

zlakad

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answered Feb 14 '18 at 14:49

Vadym Dudnyk

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oh.. Do I need to pass the Date backing object too? – Maciaz Feb 14 '18 at 15:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 14 '18 at 15:42

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You can specify the type of HTTP request you want in the @RequestMapping parametters

When you don't specify it, it uses GET by default

@RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{id}",method = RequestMethod.POST)

edited Feb 14 '18 at 15:42

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answered Feb 14 '18 at 14:49

Steven Fougeron

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '18 at 15:13

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You can redirect user to that url. Just replace in method updateWorkmonth one line

return "specificEmployee";

with

return "redirect:/employee/" + dateCommand.getEmployeeId();

answered Feb 14 '18 at 15:13

Anton Tupy

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This thing is it will not filter Employee information as it will invoke method bound to this URL. And that is initial data. – Maciaz Feb 14 '18 at 15:16

How to combine GET & POST HTTP methods for the same view in Spring web app?

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