Here you can find the source of downloadString(URL url)
public static String downloadString(URL url) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww .j a v a 2s . c om * Copyright (C) 2013 Jan-Olaf Becker * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.io.*; import java.net.URL; import java.util.Scanner; public class Main { public static String downloadString(URL url) throws IOException { return readString(url.openStream()); } public static String readString(InputStream stream) { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(stream).useDelimiter("\\A"); return scanner.hasNext() ? scanner.next() : ""; } }