title: How to return a hyperlink from spring boot controller?
body: <p>I want to return a hyperlink in the response body for a get request using Spring Boot, but i am getting string as a response and not link</p>
  
  <pre><code>@GetMapping("/getLinkToFile/{id}")
  public URL getLinkToFile(@PathVariable int id) throws Exception {
      URL base = new URL("https://file-examples.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/file_example_CSV_5000.csv");
      return base;
  }
  </code></pre>