{"id":13446,"date":"2024-03-15T07:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T07:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-gateway-component-in-spring-cloud\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:28:47","slug":"how-to-use-the-gateway-component-in-spring-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-gateway-component-in-spring-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cloud Gateway Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can achieve API gateway functionality easily by configuring Spring Cloud Gateway component. Below are the steps to use Spring Cloud Gateway component.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>This is a project object model file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>org.springframework.cloud<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>spring-cloud-starter-gateway<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>This is the configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Configuration<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">GatewayConfig<\/span> {\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Bean<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> RouteLocator <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">customRouteLocator<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(RouteLocatorBuilder builder)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> builder.routes()\r\n                .route(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"route_name\"<\/span>, r -&gt; r.path(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/api\/**\"<\/span>)\r\n                        .filters(f -&gt; f.stripPrefix(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>))\r\n                        .uri(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"http:\/\/example.com\"<\/span>))\r\n                .build();\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above configuration class, the customRouteLocator method returns a RouteLocator object. 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