Spring Data REST in plain JSON (not HAL format)

Question

How exactly should Spring Data Rest be configured to return plain JSON instead of HAL (JSON with Hypermedia like links)

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Answer 1

Add the below property to your application.properties or yml . By default it is application/hal+json

spring.data.rest.defaultMediaType=application/json

Answer 2

for me spring.data.rest.defaultMediaType=application/json does not take effect. But it can be approched by programmed config, like below :

    public class SpringRestConfiguration implements RepositoryRestConfigurer {
        @Override
        public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

            config.setDefaultMediaType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
            config.useHalAsDefaultJsonMediaType(false);
        }
    }