rest - Spring MVC @RestController and redirect

Question

I have a REST endpoint implemented with Spring MVC @RestController. Sometime, depends on input parameters in my controller I need to send http redirect on client.

Is it possible with Spring MVC @RestController and if so, could you please show an example ?

Answer 1

Add an HttpServletResponse parameter to your Handler Method then call response.sendRedirect("some-url");

Something like:

@RestController
public class FooController {

  @RequestMapping("/foo")
  void handleFoo(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
    response.sendRedirect("some-url");
  }

}