jsp - How to get domain URL and application name?

Question

Here's the scenario.

My Java web application has following path

https://www.mywebsite.com:9443/MyWebApp

Let's say there is a JSP file

https://www.mywebsite.com:9443/MyWebApp/protected/index.jsp

and I need to retrieve

https://www.mywebsite.com:9443/MyWebApp 

within this JSP file.

Of course, there is rather a lazy and silly way of just getting the URL and then re-tracing the path back.

But is there a programatic way of doing this? Specifically, I think I can get the domain + port, but how do I actually retrieve the application name "MyWebApp"?

Answer 1

Take a look at the documentation for HttpServletRequest.
In order to build the URL in your example you will need to use:

• getScheme()
• getServerName()
• getServerPort()
• getContextPath()

Here is a method that will return your example:

public static String getURLWithContextPath(HttpServletRequest request) {
   return request.getScheme() + "://" + request.getServerName() + ":" + request.getServerPort() + request.getContextPath();
}