Static content is not getting loaded with spring boot

Question

I am breaking my head with this issue. I have a simple controller class with the capability to render a simple html page along with the Spring boot initializer class.

I have placed the HTML page in the static folder under src/main/resources directory. But I am not able to get the html page. Instead I get 404 error.

Below is the structure of my project

Below is my Pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>demo</name>
    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.5.1.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

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

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>


</project>

Below are the controller and Spring Initializer class

DemoApplication.java:

package com.example;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {

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

SimpleController.java:

package com.example.controller;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;

@Controller
public class SimpleController {

@RequestMapping("/")
public String home(){
    System.out.println("Hello Home...");
    return "home";
}
}

home.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
<title>Hello</title>
</head>
<body>
 Helloooo......
 </body>
</html>

Console Logs on running the Spring Boot:

:: Spring Boot :: (v1.5.1.RELEASE)

2017-02-28 10:46:26.676 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:26.681 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:26.771 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:28.281 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:28.514 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:28.949 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:28.973 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:28.974 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:29.194 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.194 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.448 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.455 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.457 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.458 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.458 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:46:29.967 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.071 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.080 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.081 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.145 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.145 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.194 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.478 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.582 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:46:30.590 INFO 8240 --- [ 2017-02-28 10:49:04.176 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:49:04.176 INFO 8240 2017-02-28 10:49:04.205 INFO 8240 Hello Home... main] com.example.DemoApplication : Starting DemoApplication on abc with PID 8240 (C:\SpringBootEx\demo\target\classes started by abc in C:\SpringBootEx\demo) main] com.example.DemoApplication : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@70b0b186: startup date [Tue Feb 28 10:46:26 MST 2017]; root of context hierarchy main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.validation.ValidationAutoConfiguration' of type [class org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.validation.ValidationAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'validator' of type [class org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying) main] s.b.c.e.t.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer : Tomcat initialized with port(s): 8080 (http) main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Starting service Tomcat main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine : Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.11 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 2428 ms --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.ServletRegistrationBean : Mapping servlet: 'dispatcherServlet' to [/] --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'characterEncodingFilter' to: [/] --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'hiddenHttpMethodFilter' to: [/] --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'httpPutFormContentFilter' to: [/] --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'requestContextFilter' to: [/] main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter : Looking for @ControllerAdvice: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@70b0b186: startup date [Tue Feb 28 10:46:26 MST 2017]; root of context hierarchy main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/]}" onto public java.lang.String com.example.controller.SimpleController.home() main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity> org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.BasicErrorController.error(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest) main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error],produces=[text/html]}" onto public org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.BasicErrorController.errorHtml(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest,javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/webjars/] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler] main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler] main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/**/favicon.ico] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler] main] o.s.j.e.a.AnnotationMBeanExporter : Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup main] s.b.c.e.t.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer : Tomcat started on port(s): 8080 (http) main] com.example.DemoApplication : Started DemoApplication in 4.391 seconds (JVM running for 5.147) --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet' --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet': initialization started --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet': initialization completed in 29 ms

Can someone please help me in getting the view rendered? Thanks..

Show us your controller where you call the view. Your screenshot shows the view outside the static folder ... so I am a little confused. — Quinton Delpeche
Your home.html file is not within the src/main/resources/static folder but in the src/main/resources folder, put it in the folder like you mentioned and it should work. — g00glen00b
Sorry for the confusion. I tried placing the home.html page inside the static folder too.. But still I see the same issue. — Saravana6788
Added additional information including the controller class code and the html.Uploaded the correct project structure too. — Saravana6788

kgu87 kgu87 · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-03T19:39:05

You can place home.html into one of the following locations:

src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/home.html

src/main/resources/resources/home.html

src/main/resources/static/home.html

src/main/resources/public/home.html

and make

@RequestMapping("/")
public String home() {
    System.out.println("Hello Home...");
    return "home.html";
}

Static content is not getting loaded with spring boot

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