Read from a URL
import java.net.*; import java.io.*; public class lycos { public static void main (String[] args) { try { String thisLine; URL u = new URL("http://www.google.com"); DataInputStream theHTML = new DataInputStream(u.openStream()); while ((thisLine = theHTML.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(thisLine); } // while loop ends here } catch (MalformedURLException e) { System.err.println(e); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println(e); } } }