#HTMX with #SpringBoot: #mini app

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#HTMX with #SpringBoot: #mini app

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HTMX is a JavaScript library that enhances HTML by allowing you to access modern browser features directly from HTML attributes, without needing to write JavaScript. It extends the core idea of HTML as hypertext, enabling elements beyond anchors and forms to issue HTTP requests, respond to various events, and update specific parts of the DOM with server responses.

HTML

<!-- Include HTMX -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.11" integrity="sha384-0gxUXCCR8yv9FM2b+U3FDbsKthCI66oH5IA9fHppQq9DDMHuMauqq1ZHBpJxQ0J0" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>


<!-- HTML with HTMX attributes -->
<div id="update-div">
    <!-- Button that triggers an HTTP POST request to /some-endpoint -->
    <button hx-post="/api/v1/some-endpoint" hx-trigger="click" hx-target="#update-div" hx-swap="outerHTML">
        Click me!
    </button>
</div>

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In your Spring Boot controller, you would handle the POST request and return the HTML content that should replace the #update-div element:

Java

package com.vv.htmxdemo.controller;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/api/v1")
public class MyController {

    @PostMapping("/some-endpoint")
    @ResponseBody
    public String handlePost() {
        // Generate the HTML response
        return "<div id='update-div'>Yihaa it works 🤣</div>";
    }
}

 This is a basic example to get you started. For more complex scenarios, you might want to explore the HTMX documentation and server-side examples to see how HTMX can be integrated with various server-side frameworks, including Spring Boot.

https://sl.bing.net/f0kyTUfJL0C