HttpURLConnection: setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean followRedirects)
import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false); URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80"); URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(); HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) conn; httpConn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false); conn.connect(); } }