spring-boot Getting started with spring-boot Simple Spring Boot web application using Gradle as build system

Example

This example assumes you have already installed Java and Gradle.

Use the following project structure:

src/
  main/
    java/
      com/
        example/
          Application.java
build.gradle

build.gradle is your build script for Gradle build system with the following content:

buildscript {
  ext {
    //Always replace with latest version available at http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/#quick-start
    springBootVersion = '1.5.6.RELEASE'
  }
  repositories {
    jcenter()
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
  }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'

repositories {
  jcenter()
}

dependencies {
  compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
}

Application.java is the main class of the Spring Boot web application:

package com.example;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

@SpringBootApplication // same as @Configuration @EnableAutoConfiguration @ComponentScan
@RestController
public class Application {

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

  @RequestMapping("/hello")
  private String hello() {
    return "Hello World!";
  }
}

Now you can run the Spring Boot web application with

gradle bootRun

and access the published HTTP endpoint either using curl

curl http://localhost:8080/hello

or your browser by opening localhost:8080/hello.