Spring boot serving static resource

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I work on spring boot application. I'm trying to serve static content with spring. want to serve a resource stored in the /c:/frontend/files/ directory whenever a request comes in for the URL matching the pattern: /file/**:

 @Override
public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {

    registry
            .addResourceHandler("/file/**")
            .addResourceLocations("file:///C:/frontend/files/" );

}

but when i try to access to this resource using this url: http://localhost:9999/file/app.min.js

I have this problem

There was an unexpected error (type=Not Acceptable, status=406).
Could not find acceptable representation

Could you add the curl request + headers for both request and response? — fateddy
– fateddy, Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 14:03

youssef Liouene · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-27 14:11:28Z

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I resolved the problem. it's related to "spring-cloud-config-server". I just delete this config: org.springframework.cloud spring-cloud-config-server

answered Jan 27, 2016 at 14:11

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james_s_tayler · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-27 14:05:01Z

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It sounds like your project's folder structure is wrong.

Code should go under src/main/java and resources (like your javascript) should go under src/main/resources. You have a few different options where you can actually serve the files from. This post on the spring.io blog has the following to say:

Spring Boot will automatically add static web resources located within any of the following directories:

/META-INF/resources/
/resources/
/static/
/public/

Another option you also have is using webjars.

Personally, I've found it easiest to put those kind of files under src/main/resources/public. It always works without any issues for me. The interesting thing is you can put a folder named /public anywhere in your project and spring-boot will serve files out of it. You have to be really careful that it's under src/main/resources/public though if you're using a build tool like maven, as when you come to build your .jar the files won't be in the right place otherwise.

answered Jan 27, 2016 at 14:05

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Hong Over a year ago

Yes, folders with static content should be under class path or directory deploying web app. So one way is to put the static folder under src/main/resource, then Maven will help build it into class path.

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