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Hide server IP from resources' self href

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Description

We are using Spring Data REST, but I think this issue should be related to Spring HATEOS, hence I post it here.

For security reason, we want no one be able to know the server IP address, but our trustest client app.
Right now, json response contains:

"href": "http://localhost:8080/books/1"

Anyway to remove the IP part from the link, so that json response is:

"href": "/books/1"

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Research direction

Start by tracing how Spring HATEOAS builds resource self links and where the server origin is added to the href. Check the existing link-generation behavior and tests before deciding how a relative href should be configured or produced. Done means the response contains "/books/1" rather than "http://localhost:8080/books/1" while resource links remain usable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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