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Thymeleaf Spring Boot Example

Example showing common Thymeleaf patterns with Spring Boot, including template configuration, expressions, fragments, and Spring Security integration

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Thymeleaf Spring Boot Example is an example object payload from Thymeleaf, with 9 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

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thymeleaf-spring-boot-example.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "title": "Thymeleaf Spring Boot Integration Example",
  "description": "Example showing common Thymeleaf patterns with Spring Boot, including template configuration, expressions, fragments, and Spring Security integration",
  "version": "3.1.5.RELEASE",
  "springBootVersion": "3.4.x",
  "mavenDependency": {
    "groupId": "org.springframework.boot",
    "artifactId": "spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf",
    "description": "Auto-configures Thymeleaf with SpringResourceTemplateResolver and SpringTemplateEngine"
  },
  "engineConfiguration": {
    "type": "ThymeleafEngineConfig",
    "templateResolvers": [
      {
        "type": "SpringResourceTemplateResolver",
        "prefix": "classpath:/templates/",
        "suffix": ".html",
        "templateMode": "HTML",
        "characterEncoding": "UTF-8",
        "cacheable": false
      }
    ],
    "dialects": [
      {
        "class": "org.thymeleaf.spring6.dialect.SpringStandardDialect",
        "prefix": "th",
        "name": "Spring Standard Dialect"
      },
      {
        "class": "org.thymeleaf.extras.springsecurity6.dialect.SpringSecurityDialect",
        "prefix": "sec",
        "name": "Spring Security Dialect"
      }
    ],
    "cacheEnabled": false
  },
  "applicationProperties": {
    "spring.thymeleaf.prefix": "classpath:/templates/",
    "spring.thymeleaf.suffix": ".html",
    "spring.thymeleaf.encoding": "UTF-8",
    "spring.thymeleaf.cache": "false",
    "spring.thymeleaf.mode": "HTML"
  },
  "templateExamples": [
    {
      "name": "layout",
      "path": "templates/layout.html",
      "description": "Base layout template defining header, nav, content slot, and footer",
      "html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html xmlns:th=\"http://www.thymeleaf.org\" xmlns:sec=\"http://www.thymeleaf.org/extras/spring-security\">\n<head>\n  <title th:text=\"#{page.title}\">Page Title</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n  <nav>\n    <a th:href=\"@{/}\" th:text=\"#{nav.home}\">Home</a>\n    <span sec:authorize=\"isAuthenticated()\" th:text=\"${#authentication.name}\">username</span>\n  </nav>\n  <main th:insert=\"~{::content}\"></main>\n  <footer th:replace=\"~{fragments/footer :: footer}\"></footer>\n</body>\n</html>"
    },
    {
      "name": "userList",
      "path": "templates/users/list.html",
      "description": "User list page showing iteration, conditionals, and URL expressions",
      "modelAttributes": [
        { "name": "users", "type": "List<User>", "required": true },
        { "name": "totalCount", "type": "long", "required": true }
      ],
      "html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html xmlns:th=\"http://www.thymeleaf.org\">\n<body>\n  <h1>Users (<span th:text=\"${totalCount}\">0</span>)</h1>\n  <table>\n    <tr th:each=\"user, stat : ${users}\" th:classappend=\"${stat.odd} ? 'odd' : 'even'\">\n      <td th:text=\"${stat.index + 1}\">1</td>\n      <td th:text=\"${user.name}\">Name</td>\n      <td th:text=\"${user.email}\">email@example.com</td>\n      <td>\n        <a th:href=\"@{/users/{id}/edit(id=${user.id})}\" th:if=\"${user.active}\">Edit</a>\n        <span th:unless=\"${user.active}\" class=\"inactive\">Inactive</span>\n      </td>\n    </tr>\n    <tr th:remove=\"all\" class=\"prototype-only\">\n      <td>1</td><td>John Doe</td><td>john@example.com</td><td><a href=\"#\">Edit</a></td>\n    </tr>\n  </table>\n</body>\n</html>"
    },
    {
      "name": "userForm",
      "path": "templates/users/form.html",
      "description": "User form demonstrating th:object, th:field form binding, and validation errors",
      "modelAttributes": [
        { "name": "userForm", "type": "UserForm", "required": true }
      ],
      "html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html xmlns:th=\"http://www.thymeleaf.org\">\n<body>\n  <form th:action=\"@{/users/save}\" th:object=\"${userForm}\" method=\"post\">\n    <input type=\"hidden\" th:field=\"*{id}\" />\n    <div>\n      <label for=\"name\">Name</label>\n      <input type=\"text\" th:field=\"*{name}\" />\n      <span th:if=\"${#fields.hasErrors('name')}\" th:errors=\"*{name}\" class=\"error\">Name error</span>\n    </div>\n    <div>\n      <label for=\"email\">Email</label>\n      <input type=\"email\" th:field=\"*{email}\" />\n      <span th:if=\"${#fields.hasErrors('email')}\" th:errors=\"*{email}\" class=\"error\">Email error</span>\n    </div>\n    <div>\n      <label>Role</label>\n      <select th:field=\"*{role}\">\n        <option th:each=\"r : ${roles}\" th:value=\"${r.code}\" th:text=\"${r.label}\">Role</option>\n      </select>\n    </div>\n    <button type=\"submit\" th:text=\"#{button.save}\">Save</button>\n  </form>\n</body>\n</html>"
    },
    {
      "name": "footer",
      "path": "templates/fragments/footer.html",
      "description": "Reusable footer fragment with parameterized content",
      "html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html xmlns:th=\"http://www.thymeleaf.org\">\n<body>\n  <footer th:fragment=\"footer\">\n    <p th:text=\"#{footer.copyright(${#dates.year(#dates.createNow())})\">Copyright 2026</p>\n    <nav>\n      <a th:href=\"@{/privacy}\" th:text=\"#{footer.privacy}\">Privacy Policy</a>\n      <a th:href=\"@{/terms}\" th:text=\"#{footer.terms}\">Terms of Service</a>\n    </nav>\n  </footer>\n</body>\n</html>"
    }
  ],
  "expressionExamples": [
    { "expression": "${user.name}", "type": "Variable", "description": "Access user.name from Spring MVC model" },
    { "expression": "*{firstName}", "type": "Selection", "description": "Access firstName on th:object selected bean" },
    { "expression": "#{welcome.message}", "type": "Message", "description": "Resolve i18n message from messages.properties" },
    { "expression": "@{/users/{id}/edit(id=${user.id})}", "type": "URL", "description": "Build path /users/42/edit with path variable" },
    { "expression": "~{fragments/footer :: footer}", "type": "Fragment", "description": "Reference footer fragment from fragments/footer.html" }
  ]
}

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