Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; public class Main { private static HttpURLConnection httpConn; /** * Makes an HTTP request using GET method to the specified URL. * * @param requestURL * the URL of the remote server * @return An HttpURLConnection object * @throws IOException * thrown if any I/O error occurred */ public static HttpURLConnection sendGetRequest(String requestURL) throws IOException { URL url = new URL(requestURL); httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); httpConn.setUseCaches(false); httpConn.setDoInput(true); // true if we want to read server's response httpConn.setDoOutput(false); // false indicates this is a GET request return httpConn; } }