How to configure Spring Data REST to return the representation of the resource created for a POST request?

Question

I am following the spring-data-rest guide Accessing JPA Data with REST. When I http post a new record it is inserted (and the response is a 201). That is great, but is there a w

Answer 1

Here's another variant that uses DI rather than extending RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration or using the ConfigurableApplicationContext.

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableConfigurationProperties
@Configuration
@ComponentScan
public class Application {

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

    @Autowired private RepositoryRestConfiguration repositoryRestConfiguration;

    @PostConstruct
    public void exposeIds() {
        this.repositoryRestConfiguration.setReturnBodyForPutAndPost(true);
    }
}