Java Text File Read by Charset readURL(URL url, Charset encoding)

Description

Read from a url and returns a String of the contents.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static String readURL(URL url, Charset encoding) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*   //w ww.java 2s.  com
*    Copyright (C) 2013  facetoe - facetoe@ymail.com
*
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*
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*    GNU General Public License for more details.
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*/

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;

import java.io.*;

import java.net.URL;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Read from a url and returns a String of the contents.
     *
     * @param url
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readURL(URL url, Charset encoding) throws IOException {
        HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        String line;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), encoding));
            while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                sb.append(line);
                sb.append("\n");
            }
        } finally {
            connection.getInputStream().close();
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. readTextFile(final String fileNamePath, final String charsetName)
2. readTextStream(InputStream is, Charset charset)
3. readToBuffer(StringBuffer buffer, String filePath, Charset charset)
4. readToString(InputStream in, Charset charset)
5. readToString(ReadableByteChannel in, Charset charset)
6. readWholeFile(String filename, String charSet)