SpringData: How Map AngularJS page with #RepositoryRestResource? - spring

Question

I follow this tutorial about Data Accessing:
http://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-rest/
So, I have this structure
http://i.stack.imgur.com/wUnrx.png
"Project" is the Model
package Serveur;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
#Entity
public class Project {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
private String name;
private String mail;
private String password;
public long getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getMail() {
return mail;
}
public void setMail(String mail) {
this.mail = mail;
}
public String getPassword() {
return password;
}
public void setPassword(String password) {
this.password = password;
}
}
And the interface "ProjectRepository", which implemented directly by the "#RepositoryRestResource" annotation
package Serveur;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
#RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "jsonProjects", path = "jsonProjects")
public interface ProjectRepository extends CrudRepository<Project, Integer> {
List<Project> findById(#Param("name") String name);
}
The "Home Controller" contains a #RequestMapping Annotation and redirects the user to "index" page :
package Serveur;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
#Controller
public class HomeController {
#RequestMapping("/")
public String index()
{
return "index";
}
}
But, when I connect to localhost:8080/ , the index page does not display but this:
{
_links: {
jsonProjects: {
href: "http://localhost:8080/jsonProjects{?page,size,sort}",
templated: true
}
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is that the #RepositoryRestResource annotation binds to "/". To fix your issue, edit Application.java and add this function:
#Override
protected void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {
super.configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(config);
try {
config.setBaseUri(new URI("/api"));
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Your HomeController will not bind to "/" and your API's will be available at "/api"

Answer 2

Here is the answer:
By default all Repository search function comes after search keyword. So in your case URL will be something like:
http://localhost:PORT/APP/jsonProjects/search/findById?name=NAME
See my working example and blog for the same:
http://sv-technical.blogspot.com/2015/11/spring-boot-and-repositoryrestresource.html
https://github.com/svermaji/Spring-boot-with-hibernate-no-controller
Hope this helps.