Example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient.util HttpURLConnection setInstanceFollowRedirects

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient.util HttpURLConnection setInstanceFollowRedirects.

Prototype

public void setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean paramBoolean) 

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From source file:org.openimaj.web.scraping.images.TmblrPhotoConsumer.java

/**
 * handles the variety of ways a tumblr addresses can be forwarded to
 * //from   w w  w  . jav  a2 s.c  o  m
 * @param url
 * @return
 * @throws IOException
 */
private String getPostID(URL url) throws IOException {
    final String host = url.getHost();
    URL loc = url;

    if (host.equals("tmblr.co") || host.equals("tumblr.com") || host.equals("www.tumblr.com")) {
        URL forwardURL = null;
        if (url.getHost().equals("tmblr.co")) {
            final String tumblrCode = url.getPath();
            forwardURL = new URL("http://www.tumblr.com" + tumblrCode);
        } else {
            forwardURL = url;
        }
        // now get the location header
        final HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) forwardURL.openConnection();
        con.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
        final String locStr = con.getHeaderField("Location");
        loc = new URL(locStr);
        con.disconnect();
    }

    // Now extract the post ID from the actual tumblr address
    final String[] parts = loc.getPath().split("[/]");
    String postID = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
        if (parts[i].equals("post")) {
            postID = parts[i + 1];
            break;
        }
    }
    return postID;
}

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