Here you can find the source of getInputStreamForURL(URL url)
public static InputStream getInputStreamForURL(URL url) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .j a v a 2 s .c o m * (c) Copyright 2007-2014 by Volker Bergmann. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, is permitted under the terms of the * GNU General Public License. * * For redistributing this software or a derivative work under a license other * than the GPL-compatible Free Software License as defined by the Free * Software Foundation or approved by OSI, you must first obtain a commercial * license to this software product from Volker Bergmann. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" * WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, * REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE * HEREBY EXCLUDED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ import java.io.*; import java.net.URL; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URLConnection; public class Main { private static final String USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/1.0"; public static InputStream getInputStreamForURL(URL url) throws IOException { try { URLConnection connection = getConnection(url); return connection.getInputStream(); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(e); } } private static URLConnection getConnection(URL url) throws IOException { URLConnection connection = url.openConnection(); connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT); connection.connect(); return connection; } }