Java URL Load readFromUrl(String urlString)

Description

Completely reads the content of the given URL as a string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
urlString	The URL to read from.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	When it was not possible to read from the URL.

Return

The content of the given URL.

Declaration

public static String readFromUrl(String urlString) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Completely reads the content of the given URL as a string.
     *
     * @param urlString The URL to read from.
     * @return The content of the given URL.
     * @throws IOException When it was not possible to read from the URL.
     */
    public static String readFromUrl(String urlString) throws IOException {
        return new Scanner(new URL(urlString).openStream(), "UTF-8").useDelimiter("\\A").next();
    }
}

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