Question

How can I get request URL in JSP which is forwarded by Servlet?

If I run following code in JSP,

System.out.println("servlet path= " + request.getServletPath());
System.out.println("request URL= " + request.getRequestURL());
System.out.println("request URI= " + request.getRequestURI());

then I get the server side path to the JSP. But I want to get the URL as you can see in browser’s address bar. I can get it in the Servlet that forwards to the JSP, but I want to get it within the JSP.

Answer 1

If you use RequestDispatcher.forward() to route the request from controller to the view, then request URI is exposed as a request attribute named javax.servlet.forward.request_uri. So, you can use

request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.forward.request_uri")

or

${requestScope['javax.servlet.forward.request_uri']}