HATEOAS + Spring Security: Why Some Links Are Missing for Certain Roles

ATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State) is a core constraint of REST application architecture that makes REST APIs more self-descriptive. Combined with Spring Security, it allows us to dynamically shape API responses based on user roles. But developers often encounter a frustrating problem: some hypermedia links are missing depending on the authenticated user’s …

May 15, 2025 - 18:08

ATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State) is a core constraint of REST application architecture that makes REST APIs more self-descriptive. Combined with Spring Security, it allows us to dynamically shape API responses based on user roles. But developers often encounter a frustrating problem: some hypermedia links are missing depending on the authenticated user’s …