Spring Boot unable to serve static image from resource folder

Question

In my Spring Boot application I have a following static file:

\src\main\resources\static\images\social\facebook\f_logo.jpg

This is my application.properties

server.port: 8080
server.contextPath: /api

I'm trying to access this file by the following url:

http://localhost:8080/api/images/social/facebook/f_logo.jpg

but the server returns 404 Not Found.

What am I doing wrong and how to fix it ?

UPDATED

My pom files:

<?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>example</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <name>example</name>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <jackson.version>2.8.0</jackson.version>
        <spring.version>4.3.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
        <spring.boot.version>1.4.3.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
        <cdi-api.version>2.0-EDR1</cdi-api.version>
        <slf4j.version>1.7.18</slf4j.version>
        <logback.version>1.1.6</logback.version>
        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
        <commons-validator.version>1.5.0</commons-validator.version>
        <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>

        <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.7.4.201502262128</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
        <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>

        <java.source.version>1.8</java.source.version>
        <java.target.version>1.8</java.target.version>
    </properties>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-milestones</id>
            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
            <url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>neo4j-release-repository</id>
            <name>Neo4j Maven 2 release repository</name>
            <url>http://m2.neo4j.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
            <releases>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </releases>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <excludes>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>jacoco-initialize</id>
                        <phase>initialize</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <propertyName>jacoco.agent.argLine</propertyName>
                            <destFile>${jaCoCoExecutionDataFile}</destFile>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>jacoco-report</id>
                        <phase>test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>report</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <argLine>${jacoco.agent.argLine}</argLine>
                    <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
                    only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
                    <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
                    <version>${lifecycle-mapping.version}</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
                            <pluginExecutions>
                                <pluginExecution>
                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
                                        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                                        <artifactId>
                                            jacoco-maven-plugin
                                        </artifactId>
                                        <versionRange>
                                            [${jacoco-maven-plugin.version},)
                                        </versionRange>
                                        <goals>
                                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
                                        </goals>
                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                    <action>
                                        <ignore />
                                    </action>
                                </pluginExecution>
                            </pluginExecutions>
                        </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>

    <dependencies>

        <!-- Jackson -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring boot -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
            <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
            <version>${cdi-api.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
            <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
            <version>1.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
            <version>${commons-validator.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Logging -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
            <version>${logback.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- jUnit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <modules>
        <module>domain</module>
        <module>api</module>
        <module>ui</module>
    </modules>
</project>

<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">

    <parent>
        <artifactId>example</artifactId>
        <groupId>com.example</groupId>
        <version>0.0.1</version>
    </parent>

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <artifactId>domain</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

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

        <neo4j.version>3.1.0</neo4j.version>
        <lucene.version>5.5.0</lucene.version>
        <spring-data-neo4j.version>4.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-neo4j.version>
        <neo4j-ogm.version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</neo4j-ogm.version>
        <spring-social-security.version>1.1.4.RELEASE</spring-social-security.version>
        <spring-security-oauth2.version>2.0.11.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2.version>
        <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.4.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
    </properties>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>neo4j-snapshot-repository</id>
            <name>Neo4j Maven 2 snapshot repository</name>
            <url>http://m2.neo4j.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </snapshots>
            <releases>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </releases>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${java.source.version}</source>
                    <target>${java.target.version}</target>
                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                    <optimize>true</optimize>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.6</version>
                <configuration>
                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <dependencies>

        <!-- neo4j -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-core</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j-ogm.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-http-driver</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j-ogm.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j-ogm.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-bolt-driver</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j-ogm.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-enterprise</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j.version}</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>neo4j-security-enterprise</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j</artifactId>
            <version>${neo4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
            <version>${spring-data-neo4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-social-security</artifactId>
            <version>${spring-social-security.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security.oauth</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2</artifactId>
            <version>${spring-security-oauth2.version}</version>
        </dependency>


        <!-- Lucene -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
            <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
            <version>5.5.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
            <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-social-twitter</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
            <version>19.0-rc1</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

</project>

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

    <parent>
        <artifactId>example</artifactId>
        <groupId>com.example</groupId>
        <version>0.0.1</version>
    </parent>

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <artifactId>api</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>

    <properties>
        <!-- example -->
        <com.example.domain.version>0.0.1</com.example.domain.version>
        <!-- 3rd party -->
        <spring-security-core.version>4.1.3.RELEASE</spring-security-core.version>
        <spring.social.google.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring.social.google.version>
        <spring-social-github.version>1.0.0.M4</spring-social-github.version>
        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
        <javaee-web-api.version>7.0</javaee-web-api.version>
        <json-path.version>2.0.0</json-path.version>
        <rest-assured.version>2.8.0</rest-assured.version>
        <httpclient>4.5.2</httpclient>
        <springfox-swagger2.version>2.6.0</springfox-swagger2.version>
        <gson.version>2.6.2</gson.version>
        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.3</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
        <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
        <java.source.version>1.8</java.source.version>
        <java.target.version>1.8</java.target.version>
    </properties>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>local</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>prod</id>
        </profile>
    </profiles>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- example -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.example</groupId>
            <artifactId>domain</artifactId>
            <version>${com.example.domain.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
            <version>${spring-security-core.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-jwt</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring Boot -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring Boot Social Providers -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-social-facebook</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-social-linkedin</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring Social Providers -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-social-google</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.social.google.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-social-github</artifactId>
            <version>${spring-social-github.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
            <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
            <version>${json-path.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
            <artifactId>json-path-assert</artifactId>
            <version>${json-path.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- default j2ee dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>${javax.servlet-api.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax</groupId>
            <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
            <version>${javaee-web-api.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
            <version>${httpclient}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Swagger2 -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
            <version>${springfox-swagger2.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
            <version>${springfox-swagger2.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jayway.restassured</groupId>
            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>${gson.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.12</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
                <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <testResources>
            <testResource>
                <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </testResource>
        </testResources>

        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <addResources>false</addResources>
                    <jvmArguments>
                        -Xdebug
                        -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005
                    </jvmArguments>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${java.source.version}</source>
                    <target>${java.target.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Just reproduce exact the same in a simple project and I am able to see my image. Maybe any typo? If not you have to share more infos. — Patrick
– Patrick, Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 8:16
Not a typo because it is working with a solution provided by @gipple lake below — alexanoid
– alexanoid, Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 8:18
I think the problem is that you use Spring-web and spring-webmvc dependency and not the spring boot related one. What is if you use <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> </dependency> — Patrick
– Patrick, Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 8:44
I have completely removed Spring-web and spring-webmvc but the issue is not gone — alexanoid
– alexanoid, Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 8:58

being_ethereal · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 06:54:48Z

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@Configuration
public class WebConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry）{ 
            registry.addResourceHandler("/**")
                 .addResourceLocations("classpath:/static/");
    }
}

I hope this helps you!

Maybe you have added @EnableWebMvc which looks for handlers corresponding to /api/images/social/facebook/f_logo.jpg. Just remove that & provide WebMvcConfigurer or WebMvcConfigurationSupport similar to what I have posted.

edited Jun 12, 2020 at 6:54

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6 Comments

Patrick Over a year ago

its a spring boot app. Normally there is no need to configure resourcehandlers manually

alexanoid Over a year ago

Thanks, It is working ! But I agree with @Patrick - this is a Spring Boot and AFAIK - it should work by default. What am I doing wrong ?

Big Zed Over a year ago

Adding this configuration file works, but i've got a question. One of my images could be found without it but all others need this particular configuration. Can someone helps understand why !

Andrew Koster Over a year ago

How is anyone seeing this answer supposed to know which file to put this code in? Or how to get the framework to pick up that file? Come on.

iwek Over a year ago

It's public java class so you don't have too much choice but to put in in file WebConfiguration.java. Framework will pick it up due to @Configuration annotation

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bamossza · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 15:02:09Z

Same problem with me. (Spring Boot 2)

I resolve below.

Step 1: Move images folder from src/main/resources/static/images to src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/images

Step 2: Look up SpringBootMainApplication.java add code

@Override
public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {

    // Register resource handler for images
    registry.addResourceHandler("/images/**").addResourceLocations("/WEB-INF/images/")
            .setCacheControl(CacheControl.maxAge(2, TimeUnit.HOURS).cachePublic());
}

Step 3: Run program and go to browser http://localhost:8080/images/logo.png

If your set contextRoot http://localhost:8080/project/images/logo.png

Full Code:

@SpringBootApplication
public class MainApplication implements WebMvcConfigurer {

    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MainApplication.class.getName());

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {

        // Register resource handler for images
        registry.addResourceHandler("/images/**").addResourceLocations("/WEB-INF/images/")
                .setCacheControl(CacheControl.maxAge(2, TimeUnit.HOURS).cachePublic());
    }

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

Work for me.

Additional

Or you can set below, If you want using in resources folder.

@Override
public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {

    registry.addResourceHandler("/resources/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/statics/")
            .setCacheControl(CacheControl.maxAge(2, TimeUnit.HOURS).cachePublic());
}

Because after deploy project structure below.

http://localhost:8080/images/logo.png

or

http://localhost:8080/project/images/logo.png

Sorry for English.

You shouldn't move resources out of recources. And there's no Web-Inf

Philip Rego · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-06 23:41:51Z

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Here's a clean solution to serve from resources folder. Tested on Spring Boot v2.1.4.RELEASE.

    @Configuration
    public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {      
        @Override
        public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
            registry.addResourceHandler("/**")
            .addResourceLocations("classpath:/static/","classpath:/image/")
            .setCachePeriod(0);
        }
    }

You can make this a nested class of Application (or whichever class of yours extends SpringBootServletInitializer). You can declare many folders like

.addResourceLocations("classpath:/static/","classpath:/image/","classpath:/largeimage/","classpath:/pdf/")

Make sure src/main/resources is a source folder, and the folders you specify are directly under it.

Then you can simply display images like this in your html or jsp files.

<img src="ok.png"/>

answered Jun 6, 2019 at 23:41

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Philip Rego Over a year ago

You can build an excellent and maintable UI using Java/HTML/CSS/JS. Tools like React add to many unhelpful abstractions and overcomplicate the front end. Don't be afraid to use SpringBoot for your UI!

kRUMPEZ · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-24 18:27:09Z

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in your application properties file set the following line :

spring.resources.static-locations=file:///c:/{yourWorkSpace}/{projectName}/src/main/resources/static/

this is tested.

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Jp Silver Over a year ago

Worked thank you. Do you know why we need to do this? Is it maybe because we did the setup incorrectly or is it a problem with spring boot not being able to see the path?

Ehtesham Siddiquie · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-19 15:12:49Z

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Just keep your images in path which you have given \src\main\resources\static\images\social\facebook\f_logo.jpg and while loading images in JSP, give relative path to resources/static like this src="/images/social/facebook/f_logo.jpg". This will load the image.

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RAJDEEP SONDARVA · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 20:19:39Z

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Instead of http://localhost:8080/api/images/social/facebook/f_logo.jpg,

try this http://localhost:8080/images/social/facebook/f_logo.jpg

It should work as the default path starts from /, not /api

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:08:58Z

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After some research and reproduce I can confirm that your provided resource path and your link is correct.

In your pom.xml you have many "not Spring-boot related" dependencies. If you want to go further with this configuration, you need to follow gipple lake's answer because you are not using the autoconfiguration of spring-boot-web.

But if you want to get to out of the box solution I would suggest to replace the Spring core dependencies with the Spring-boot related ones.

For example use:

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

instead of:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

Maybe you should also add the boot starter dependency:

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

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:08

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Andrew Koster Over a year ago

Adding a bunch of dependencies is not an answer to the question.

Patrick Over a year ago

@AndrewKoster have you even read the full answer? Seems that you dont understand that this is a suggestion to switch to Spring-boot components to use an out of the box solution. Please make sure, that your comments are helpful in future

Andrew Koster Over a year ago

You're suggesting that people swap out their dependencies, without explaining: 1) why 2) how this affects the code or 3) how this affects the behavior of the web app. It's a very confusing answer, no matter how many times I re-read it.

kalaivani v · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-03 10:51:21Z

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I have faced same issue while running spring boot application using apache tomcate 9.0. rightnow resolved the same. 1. i have added validation.properties file in my app. folder structure looking like below, --src/main/resources --static --application.properties --validations.properties 2. next i have moves images,css and js folder under src/main/webapp folder. 3. next i have done below three steps, --cleaned project --maven install --update project 4. finally ran application ,it was working successfully.

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answered Oct 29, 2018 at 5:46

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Andrew Koster Over a year ago

what? also, what

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:53:12Z

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Can you show us your configuration files?

You got 404 when the url is not mapped, please provide us the controller.

Also you might have a look at: How to handle static content in Spring MVC? and http://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-static-resources (tutorial)

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Alexandru Hodis Over a year ago

getting down vote because asking for code, so i can hep you, thank you

Patrick Over a year ago

You shared links which are not spring-boot related. If you use spring-boot you should NOT do the stuff you provided in the links.

Alexandru Hodis Over a year ago

so in my linked tutorial you could also find gipple answer, is MVC configuration related to spring boot, no? but does it work? seems it is, nevermind, this question got an answer, have a nice day

Andrew Koster Over a year ago

Did you even read the articles that you posted? They say things like "Serving static files to the client can be done in a variety of ways, and using a Spring Controller isn't necessarily the best available option. However, sometimes the controller route is necessary – and that's what we're going to be focused on in this quick article."

Andrew Koster Over a year ago

Obviously, in any sane web development environment, you shouldn't need to write an entire controller just to serve one static file. That's insane and not a practical solution.

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