Spring Boot disables GET request for static pages when POST is specified

Question

I am trying to create an account controller using Spring Boot. I have an html file for the login page located under static/login.html. The page loads perfectly fine when I do not map a POST request to the same path.

I have an AccountController class:

@RestController
public class AccountController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public Account login(@RequestBody Map<String, Object> body) {
        // code
    }
}

This controller disables the GET request to the html page. When trying to access the page, I receive;

There was an unexpected error (type=Method Not Allowed, status=405).
Request method 'GET' not supported

So my question is essentially, how do I get both the POST and GET request working at the same time. If there is a better file structure I can use for the static content, please suggest it.

Answer 1

This should work

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = { RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST })
public Account login(@RequestBody Map<String, Object> body) {
    // code
}

This way, the controller mapping will be available for both methods

UPDATE

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String serveLogin(... (if needed) ) {
    // code to serve your static content
    return "index.html"; 
}

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public Account login(@RequestBody Map<String, Object> body) {

    // code to handle your login form POST submit
}