Here you can find the source of get(String url)
public static String get(String url) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . jav a 2s . c o m * Copyright (C) 2003-2015 eXo Platform SAS. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static String get(String url) throws Exception { HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) (new URL(url)).openConnection(); connection.setRequestMethod("GET"); connection.connect(); int code = connection.getResponseCode(); if (code > 300) { connection.disconnect(); return null; } InputStream in = connection.getInputStream(); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in)); String line = null; StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { builder.append(line).append("\n"); } in.close(); reader.close(); connection.disconnect(); return builder.toString(); } }