Returning Image/Media Data with Spring

@RequestMapping(value = "/image-manual-response", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public void getImageAsByteArray(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
    InputStream in = servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/images/image-example.jpg");
    response.setContentType(MediaType.IMAGE_JPEG_VALUE);
    IOUtils.copy(in, response.getOutputStream());
}

@GetMapping(
  value = "/get-image-with-media-type",
  produces = MediaType.IMAGE_JPEG_VALUE
)
public @ResponseBody byte[] getImageWithMediaType() throws IOException {
    InputStream in = getClass()
      .getResourceAsStream("/com/baeldung/produceimage/image.jpg");
    return IOUtils.toByteArray(in);
}

References
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-image-media-data
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-controller-return-image-file

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