From d7adefab3fe28c656237764f09914b8230552300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tapan Avasthi <tapan.k.avasthi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2019 22:02:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] BAEL-3307: Handling URL Encoded data in Form Submission in a
 Spring REST Service (#8255)

---
 .../baeldung/form_submission/Application.java | 14 +++++++
 .../controllers/FeedbackForm.java             | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../form_submission/model/Feedback.java       | 23 ++++++++++
 .../main/resources/templates/feedback.html    | 41 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 120 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/Application.java
 create mode 100644 spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/controllers/FeedbackForm.java
 create mode 100644 spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/model/Feedback.java
 create mode 100644 spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/resources/templates/feedback.html

diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/Application.java b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c14141b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.form_submission;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/controllers/FeedbackForm.java b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/controllers/FeedbackForm.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..791fc75cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/controllers/FeedbackForm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.baeldung.form_submission.controllers;
+
+import com.baeldung.form_submission.model.Feedback;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+
+@Controller
+public class FeedbackForm {
+
+    @GetMapping(path = "/feedback")
+    public String getFeedbackForm(Model model) {
+        Feedback feedback = new Feedback();
+        model.addAttribute("feedback", feedback);
+        return "feedback";
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping(
+      path = "/web/feedback",
+      consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE})
+    public String handleBrowserSubmissions(Feedback feedback) throws Exception {
+        // Save feedback data
+        return "redirect:/feedback/success";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/feedback/success")
+    public ResponseEntity<String> getSuccess() {
+        return new ResponseEntity<String>("Thank you for submitting feedback.", HttpStatus.OK);
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping(
+      path = "/feedback",
+      consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE})
+    public ResponseEntity<String> handleNonBrowserSubmissions(@RequestParam MultiValueMap paramMap) throws Exception {
+        // Save feedback data
+        return new ResponseEntity<String>("Thank you for submitting feedback", HttpStatus.OK);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/model/Feedback.java b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/model/Feedback.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8d416460c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/form_submission/model/Feedback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.form_submission.model;
+
+public class Feedback {
+    private String emailId;
+    private String comment;
+
+    public String getEmailId() {
+        return this.emailId;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmailId(String emailId) {
+        this.emailId = emailId;
+    }
+
+    public String getComment() {
+        return this.comment;
+    }
+
+    public void setComment(String comment) {
+        this.comment = comment;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/resources/templates/feedback.html b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/resources/templates/feedback.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b6a487fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple-2/src/main/resources/templates/feedback.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML>
+<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+<head>
+    <title>Poetry Contest: Submission</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<form action="#" method="post" th:action="@{/web/feedback}" th:object="${feedback}">
+
+    <table border='0' cellpadding='2' cellspacing='2' width='480px'>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align='center'>
+                <label for="email">Email:</label>
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                <input th:field=*{emailId} type="text"/>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align='center'>
+                <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                <textarea cols="30" rows="30" th:field=*{comment}/>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align='center'>
+                <input type="submit" value="Submit Feedback">
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+
+
+    </table>
+</form>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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