How-Spring-Initializr-Work.md

How Spring Initializr Work

Spring Initializr doc

Spring Initializr Project

Module structure is like this

graph TD
    initializr-metadata --> initializr-generator
    initializr-actuator --> initializr-web
    initializr-generator-spring --> initializr-metadata
    initializr-version-resolver
    initializr-web --> initializr-generator

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Rest API in Spring Initializr Web Module

GET / Accepts: 'text/plain'

Defined in io.spring.initializr.web.controller.CommandLineMetadataController.serviceCapabilitiesText

This is used for commandline tools to provide project information.

For example, if you run curl https://start.spring.io, it will output this.

Currently it supports:

• curl
• HTTPie
• Spring CLI

Output varies based on the tool, and it detects the tool automatically based on User-Agent header.