Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; public class Main { public static String getJSONFromUrl(String url) { try { HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url); // httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params)); HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost); String tempResponse = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity()); return tempResponse; } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (ClientProtocolException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return ""; } }