{"id":14601,"date":"2024-03-15T09:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-spring-boot-access-the-configuration-file-path\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:56:30","slug":"how-can-spring-boot-access-the-configuration-file-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-spring-boot-access-the-configuration-file-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Boot Config File Path Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Spring Boot, you can use ResourceLoader to obtain the path of configuration files. You can inject ResourceLoader into your class using the @Autowired annotation, and then use the getResource() method to get the path of the configuration file.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.springframework.core.io.Resource;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.springframework.stereotype.Component;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Component<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ConfigFilePathProvider<\/span> {\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Autowired<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> ResourceLoader resourceLoader;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> String <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">getConfigFilePath<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-type\">Resource<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">resource<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> resourceLoader.getResource(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"classpath:application.properties\"<\/span>);\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> resource.getURI().getPath();\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the examples mentioned above, ResourceLoader will automatically load the configuration file and obtain the Resource object using the getResource() method. 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