Spring MVC Request method 'PATCH' not supported

Question

Is HTTP PATCH not enabled by default in Spring MVC/Boot? I'm getting the ff error:

org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'PATCH' not supported
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.handleNoMatch(RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.java:213)

For my controller:

@PatchMapping("/id")
public ResourceResponse updateById(@PathVariable Long id, ServletServerHttpRequest request) {

I have my configuration as follows:

.antMatchers(HttpMethod.PATCH, "/products/**").hasRole("MANAGER")
...
configuration.setAllowedMethods(List.of("GET", "POST", "PUT", "OPTIONS", "DELETE", "PATCH"));

I checked the source code of Spring FrameworkServlet.java, there is something special to PATCH:

@Override
protected void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws ServletException, IOException {

    HttpMethod httpMethod = HttpMethod.resolve(request.getMethod());
    if (httpMethod == HttpMethod.PATCH || httpMethod == null) {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }
    else {
        super.service(request, response);
    }
}

I googled already but I was not able to find anything that can help resolve my issue.

Thank you.

I tried on a demo spring boot application and patch is working as expected. There is one unrelated issue in your code... You are using ''@PathVariable("id")" in updateById method without having a pathVariable placeholder in the URI. — Sahil Gupta, Sep 24 '20 at 08:56
Oh. Good catch! I sure think that's the cause. I missed out the `{}`. Thank you. — Julez, Sep 24 '20 at 10:10
If that solves your problem. Shall i pop-it out as an answer ? — Sahil Gupta, Sep 24 '20 at 11:15

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 25 '20 at 17:22

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I tried on a demo spring boot application and patch is working as expected.

There is one unrelated issue in your code... You are using @PathVariable("id") in updateById method without having a pathVariable placeholder in the URI.

edited Sep 25 '20 at 17:22

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answered Sep 24 '20 at 11:15

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 23 '22 at 14:16

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i did resolve the issues, in my case i made a mistake, i wrote

@PatchMapping(params = "/{id}", consumes = "application/json")

instead of:

@PatchMapping(path = "/{id}", consumes = "application/json")

edited Aug 23 '22 at 14:16

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answered Dec 30 '21 at 15:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '20 at 21:15

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The standard HTTP client does not support PATCH requests.

You can just add the apache HTTP client to your project. It should be automatically added by spring boot if it's found on the classpath.

https://hc.apache.org/

answered Sep 23 '20 at 21:15

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if you add the exact maven library your answer will take more UPs. – Ermal Nov 23 '22 at 20:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 20 '23 at 05:00

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I decided "Request method 'PATCH' not supported" by replacing @PostMapping with @RequestMapping

answered Jan 20 '23 at 05:00

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Spring MVC Request method 'PATCH' not supported

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