Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"), 8 * 1024); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line); } } catch (IOException e) { sb.delete(0, sb.length()); } finally { try { is.close(); } catch (IOException e) { return null; } } return sb.toString(); } }