Unable to create a 404 page in Grails

Question

My mappings look like

static mappings = {
    "/"      (controller : "welcome",    action : "index")
    "/about" (controller : "welcome",    action : "about")
    "404"    (controller : "welcome",    action : "notFound")
}

This doesn't seem to catch 404 requests as I still get the default Tomcat 404 page. I have also tried the closure based method (below) with no success.

    "404" {
        controller = "welcome"
        action = "notFound"
    }

Versions:

versions: {
app.version: "0.1"
app.servlet.version: "2.4"
app.grails.version: "1.3.5"
plugins.tomcat: "1.3.5"
plugins.hibernate: "1.3.5"
}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '11 at 14:57

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I have succeeded by removing whitespace on the 404 line:

"404"(controller : "welcome",    action : "notFound")

answered Apr 05 '11 at 14:57

Josh K

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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What version of Grails are you running?

Also, what does your controller action look like? This person seems to have resolved the issue by using a redirect in their controller instead of a render:

Problems with Grails 404 UrlMapping

def notFound = {
  redirect(uri:"/404.html")
}

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Mar 02 '11 at 19:33

Ethan Shepherd

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Version is in the original question: `app.grails.version: "1.3.5"`. I don't want to redirect to a static page, would like to render a specific error message in JSON (this is an API). – Josh K Mar 02 '11 at 20:28
You could make a redirect to an uri, and have that uri render your controller and action. Perhaps this will solve your problem? – sbglasius Mar 03 '11 at 08:52
@sbglasius: No, because I don't want to issue a redirect. I want to display content with a 404 header. – Josh K Mar 03 '11 at 15:42

Unable to create a 404 page in Grails

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