[[mvc-ann-requestparam]]
= `@RequestParam`

[.small]#xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/requestparam.adoc[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#

You can use the `@RequestParam` annotation to bind Servlet request parameters (that is,
query parameters or form data) to a method argument in a controller.

The following example shows how to do so:

[tabs]
======
Java::
+
[source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="primary"]
----
	@Controller
	@RequestMapping("/pets")
	public class EditPetForm {

		// ...

		@GetMapping
		public String setupForm(@RequestParam("petId") int petId, Model model) { <1>
			Pet pet = this.clinic.loadPet(petId);
			model.addAttribute("pet", pet);
			return "petForm";
		}

		// ...

	}
----
<1> Using `@RequestParam` to bind `petId`.

Kotlin::
+
[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="secondary"]
----
	import org.springframework.ui.set

	@Controller
	@RequestMapping("/pets")
	class EditPetForm {

		// ...

		@GetMapping
		fun setupForm(@RequestParam("petId") petId: Int, model: Model): String { // <1>
			val pet = this.clinic.loadPet(petId);
			model["pet"] = pet
			return "petForm"
		}

		// ...

	}
----
<1> Using `@RequestParam` to bind `petId`.
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By default, method parameters that use this annotation are required, but you can specify that
a method parameter is optional by setting the `@RequestParam` annotation's `required` flag to
`false` or by declaring the argument with an `java.util.Optional` wrapper.

Type conversion is automatically applied if the target method parameter type is not
`String`. See xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/typeconversion.adoc[Type Conversion].

Declaring the argument type as an array or list allows for resolving multiple parameter
values for the same parameter name.

When an `@RequestParam` annotation is declared as a `Map<String, String>` or
`MultiValueMap<String, String>`, without a parameter name specified in the annotation,
then the map is populated with the request parameter values for each given parameter name.

Note that use of `@RequestParam` is optional (for example, to set its attributes).
By default, any argument that is a simple value type (as determined by
{api-spring-framework}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
and is not resolved by any other argument resolver, is treated as if it were annotated
with `@RequestParam`.


