REST API versioning with Spring Boot 4 & Spring Framework 7

Learn how to implement REST API versioning using the new native versioning support introduced in Spring Boot 4 and Spring Framework 7.

REST API versioning is now a first-class feature in Spring Framework 7 and is supported in Spring Boot 4 through auto-configuration. This short, practical course shows how to use it with a hands-on Product REST API example.

You start by creating a Spring Boot 4 project in IntelliJ IDEA and building simple Product APIs: create product, get product by ID, and get all products. Once the base APIs are ready, you implement different versioning strategies step by step, the ones used in real backend applications when APIs evolve and existing clients must keep working.

What you will learn

• Use the latest native, built-in Spring Boot 4 and Spring Framework 7 API versioning support
• Understand REST API versioning and why it matters in modern backend applications
• Implement API versioning using the URI path, query parameter, request header, and media type
• Test versioned REST APIs with confidence

Who it is for

Java developers, Spring Boot developers, backend developers, software engineers and students who want to learn REST API versioning on the latest Spring stack.

Requirements

Java, REST, Spring Boot and Spring Framework experience.