diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-eureka/spring-cloud-eureka-feign-client/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/feign/client/NoFeignClientController.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-eureka/spring-cloud-eureka-feign-client/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/feign/client/NoFeignClientController.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.feign.client;
+
+import com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo;
+import com.netflix.discovery.EurekaClient;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+@Controller
+public class NoFeignClientController {
+
+    private static final String SERVICE_NAME = "spring-cloud-eureka-client";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private EurekaClient eurekaClient;
+
+    @RequestMapping("/get-greeting-no-feign")
+    public String greeting(Model model) {
+
+        InstanceInfo service = eurekaClient
+          .getApplication(SERVICE_NAME)
+          .getInstances()
+          .get(0);
+
+        String hostName = service.getHostName();
+        int port = service.getPort();
+
+        URI url = URI.create("http://" + hostName + ":" + port + "/greeting");
+
+        ResponseEntity<String> response = new RestTemplate().getForEntity(url, String.class);
+
+        model.addAttribute("greeting", response.getBody());
+
+        return "greeting-view";
+    }
+}