How to support both json and html response with Spring Boot

Question

I want to send data to both mobile (using json) and web (using html) and I am using Spring boot. I want to attain similar architecture and functionality as used by facebook(graph.facebook.com and facebook.com) and twitter(api.twitter.com and twitter.com) . Also I am using Angular.js as a web framework.

Answer 1

Nothing prevents you to make two different implementations (json, html) and serve it from same URL. Just use proper Consumable Media Types or Producible Media Types eg:

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "/pets/{petId}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces="application/json")
@ResponseBody
public Pet getPet(@PathVariable String petId, Model model) {
    // implementation omitted
}