Spring MVC: How do I get current url in Thymeleaf

Question

I am using Thymeleaf Template Engine with Spring Web MVC and I am got stuck while creating url's with the help of current url. Is there any way to get current inside Thymeleaf HTML file? eg: Suppose my current url in my browser address bar is:

http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles

and now I want to make a url like this http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles/store/samsung

or

http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles?min_price=10&max_price=100.

So I the code will look like this

<a th:with="currentUrl='http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles'" 
   th:href="@{__${currentUrl}__/__${store.name}__}">
    Click to More Result
</a>

Here I am using currentUrl variable with hardcoded url, So I want to some solution for the same. The hardcoded value will not work everytime because I have dynamic categories.

I tried the same with relative url but its not working for me.

<a th:href="@{/store/__${store.name}__}">Click to More</a>

//will produce: http://localhost:8080/project/web/store/samsung
//I want: http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles/store/samsung

Please have a look and let me know if am I doing something wrong.

Hinton

Why do you need the full URL? Why not simply use the relative URL? – Arbitress

In my case http://localhost:8080/project is my base url and /web/category/{categoryName} is mapped by controller. I tried the relative but it doesn't seems to work, I am using this for relative urls <a th:href="@{/store/__${store.name}__}>" Click to More</a>. – Hinton

Answer 1

Oh I got the solution for this. I missed the {#httpServletRequest.requestURI} in the documentation.

Here is the solution which is working for me:

<a th:href="@{__${#httpServletRequest.requestURI}__/store/__${store.name}__}">Click to More</a>
//Will produce: http://localhost:8080/project/web/category/mobiles/store/samsung

Hinton

${#httpServletRequest.requestURI} works just fine (Thymeleaf Spring4 2.1.5) – Hanselka

In my application, requestURI give me something like this: [/store/something] while requestURL give me something like this: [example.com/store/something]. I opt for requestURL since complete url is better for my use case. – Martens

For the future readers; you can use ${#request.requestURI} in Thymeleaf 3.0(Link) – Typhoeus

Note that #httpServletRequest.requestURI doesn't include query string or fragment. – Stearin

Thymeleaf 3.1 removed #httpServerRequest – Surtout

Answer 2

You can get the current URL using two single ' quotes. Example:

<a th:href="@{''(lang=de)}">Deutsch</a>

Note that this unfortulately does not include existing URL parameters.

Sneaker

I just now tried again and it works... : <a th:href="@{''}">Current Page</a>. What is your Thymeleaf version? I use 3.0.2. – Sneaker

Didn't work for me either. I'm using 3.0.3; your example renders this <a href="">Current Page</a>. – Garnettgarnette

Nice solution. Works here with Spring 5.0.4, Spring Boot 2.0, Thymeleaf 3.0.9 – Phallus

Note that, while this works, it doesn't return a full url; it generates relative urls – Stepchild

Answer 3

In Thymeleaf 3.1, the current URL can be obtained from the context object:

<form th:action="${#ctx.springRequestContext.requestUri}">

Stodgy

Still valid with Spring-Boot 3.1.1 – Fideicommissum

not valid anymore in with spring boot 3.1.5. I don't understand why this feature is removed. Whould be great to explain this change. I assume the thymleaf team as a great reason to do so. – Colly

here is the explanation: github.com/thymeleaf/thymeleaf/issues/886 – Colly

Answer 4

If the requested url is for example : http://localhost:8080/my-page

I could get this value: /my-page using this: httpServletRequest.requestURI

For example, if you have to load some resource , you can use:

<script th:src="@{|${#httpServletRequest.requestURI}/main.js|}"></script>

And renderized html will be:

<script src="/my-page/main.js"></script>

Alopecia

Thymeleaf 3.1 removed #httpServerRequest – Surtout

Answer 5

As of Thymeleaf 3.1 there appears to be no way to access the current request by default.

You will need to add it manually to the context, for example:

@ModelAttribute("currentUrl")
public String getCurrentUrl(HttpServletRequest request) {
    return request.getRequestURI();
}

<a th:href="@{__${currentUrl}__/__${store.name}__}">
    Click to More Result
</a>

Surtout