Spring boot cannot resolve view page

Question

I am trying to run a simple web application with using Spring Boot but there is a problem with resolving view. When I go to http://localhost:8080/ it shows;

There was an unexpected error (type=Not Found, status=404).

Is there any missing property or library? Why it cannot resolve my html page?

My application.properties;

spring.mvc.view.prefix: WEB-INF/html/
spring.mvc.view.suffix: .html

@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {

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



@Controller
public class InfoController {

    @RequestMapping("/")
    public String getServerInfo(Map<String, Object> model){

        //This method works without any problem.

        model.put("message", "server info");
        return "info";  

    }

}

did you tried to move the html under resources folder? – shahaf Mar 19 '18 at 13:32 — shahaf, Mar 19 '18 at 13:32
@shahaf yes still not working. – hellzone Mar 19 '18 at 13:37 — hellzone, Mar 19 '18 at 13:37

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:57

If you use spring boot with some template engine, for example, thymeleaf. You don't need to set spring.mvc.view.prefix or spring.mvc.view.suffix by default.

You just need to put your template files under the directory src/main/resources/templates/:

And your controller will be something like:

@GetMapping("/temp")
public String temp(Model model) {
    model.addAttribute("attr", "attr");
    return "index";
}

If you are NOT using any template engine and just want to serve HTML page as static content, put your HTML files under the directory src/main/resources/static/:

And your controller will become:

@GetMapping("/test")
public String test() {
    return "test.html";
}

What if I use JSP? My JSPs are in the templates folder, but I get the same message: "Cannot resolve MVC view 'users'" — Sergey Zolotarev, Mar 22 '23 at 10:34

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '21 at 01:11

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if you are using thymeleaf for spring boot. just add below to pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>

answered Aug 22 '21 at 01:11

duyuanchao

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:33

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Try create tree of files like in here.

src/main/resources/static

or

src/main/resources/templates/ //here put html files

answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:33

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Moved info.html to "src/main/resources/templates/" and removed spring.mvc.view.prefix from properties but still getting same 404 error. – hellzone Mar 19 '18 at 13:39
Give me github with this app. I'll take a look. – Mar 20 '18 at 07:27

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 07 '21 at 17:12

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putting in here worked for me in a spring-boot web sample:

src/main/webapp/index.xhtml

then in the browser enter:

http://localhost:8080/index.html

here is a linkt to the sample:

https://www.logicbig.com/tutorials/spring-framework/spring-boot/boot-primefaces-integration.html

edited Feb 07 '21 at 17:12

Dharman

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answered Feb 07 '21 at 17:07

womd

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