Spring Data REST takes an opinionated approach to exposing Spring Data repositories via REST endpoints, covering the 80-90% use case with a minimum of code and fuss. But did you know that it provides a no-lifting-required mechanism for exposing query methods you define on those repositories as well?

Let’s say you create a method like this:

Referencing that bit of functionality directly is simple, just append /search/<methodName> to the collection endpoint:

For more information, click here to view the Spring Data REST docs. Keep coding/keep sharing!

Cheers,
Mark

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