Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; import android.util.Log; public class Main { public static String GET(String url) { InputStream inputStream = null; String result = ""; try { // create HttpClient HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); // make GET request to the given URL HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(url)); // receive response as inputStream inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent(); // convert inputstream to string if (inputStream != null) result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream); else result = "Did not work!"; } catch (Exception e) { Log.d("InputStream", e.getLocalizedMessage()); } return result; } private static String convertInputStreamToString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException { BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)); String line = ""; String result = ""; while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) result += line; inputStream.close(); return result; } }