now we can serve json or html dependent on the req accept header

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/build.gradle

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ ext {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+	implementation 'org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/ActivityPubBotApplication.java

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ package dev.activitypub.activitypubbot;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-//import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-//import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@@ -13,9 +10,22 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
-public class ActivityPubBotApplication {
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class ActivityPubBotApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+    //comment below if deploying outside web container -->
+    @Override
+    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder builder) {
+        return builder.sources(ActivityPubBotApplication.class);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(ActivityPubBotApplication.class);
+    }
+	/*
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		SpringApplication.run(ActivityPubBotApplication.class, args);
 	}
@@ -32,5 +42,5 @@ public class ActivityPubBotApplication {
                     System.out.println(beanName);
                 }* /
         };
-    }
+    } */
 }

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeController.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dev.activitypub.activitypubbot;
 
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
  * extending this to handle the basic ActivityPub implementation.
  */
 @RestController
+@RequestMapping( headers = "accept=application/json" )
 public class HomeController {
 
     @Autowired
@@ -20,19 +22,11 @@ public class HomeController {
 		return apProps.getKeyFilePath();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Keeping / mysterious...
-	 */
-	@GetMapping("/")
-	public String index() {
-		return "Parsnip!";
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Really just an alias to /user/springbot
 	 * TODO: how to auto-map @<user> to /users/<user>
 	 */
-	@GetMapping("/@springbot")
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/@springbot", headers = "accept=application/json")
 	public String atactor() {
 		return this.actor();
 	}
@@ -41,7 +35,7 @@ public class HomeController {
 	 * Access the bot/user - ultimately this should check the database for
 	 * /user/<user> to pull out the relevant data.
 	 */
-	@GetMapping("/users/springbot")
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/users/springbot", headers = "accept=application/json")
 	public String actor() {
 		// TODO: this needs some sort of object wrapper or template, and data in database
 		return """
@@ -64,8 +58,27 @@ public class HomeController {
 	"publicKey": {
 		"id": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/users/springbot#main-key",
 		"owner": "https://springap.seth.id.au/users/springbot",
-		"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----...-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
+		"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA0A5W6M6b+3meJAU0/Fki\\nkMSrEZ6EEThAv4NmyCeDlRbmFQWbh5rWtb69TxkGkkiSFNM3sgg+RSW44Ehn10mL\\nTptfk6oSWFnFHw9MPxmwlWm1Xw8zmp2OMUlI82w11PECFdITJw/1HW73JSVQYfFq\\nWo9rD6nI9G3LPpAB16015NJ9hyeMvz5RA9p9UE540q0l5iJD/l7bxCjHglOQInQX\\neCiR2ErzQSVq3AMhBehoP7HuhKjs8swi8dOgjO3sawqxUyv2+lkesFD2rvxCcXRO\\nBkg/Y7nmJSEcqtcmKYQdObPCIt/wCZNAihJz7dwnGKLE2+JJqPZMer9fAj077OkQ\\neQIDAQAB\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
 	}
+}""";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Webfinger the user...
+	 */
+	@GetMapping("/.well-known/webfinger")
+	public String webfinger() {
+		return """
+{
+	"subject": "acct:springbot@springbot.seth.id.au",
+
+	"links": [
+		{
+			"rel": "self",
+			"type": "application/activity+json",
+			"href": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/users/springbot"
+		}
+	]
 }""";
 	}
 }

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/MvcController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package dev.activitypub.activitypubbot;
+ 
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+ 
+@Controller
+public class MvcController {
+     
+    @RequestMapping("/@springbot")
+    public String home() {
+        System.out.println("Bottty McBotface...");
+        return "index";
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping("/")
+    public String root() {
+        System.out.println("Going home...");
+        return "index";
+    }
+}

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 spring.application.name=activitypubbot
-ap.keyFilePath=doodle.de.do
+spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/views/
+spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
 server.ssl.key-store-type=PKCS12
 server.ssl.key-store=classpath:keys/activitypubbot.p12
 server.ssl.key-store-password=password