Java HTTP Get executeGet(String targetURL)

Description

execute Get

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String executeGet(String targetURL) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.*;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    public static String executeGet(String targetURL) {
        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
        try {//from w  w w .ja  v a2  s  . c o  m
            //Create connection
            URL url = new URL(targetURL);
            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "en-US");

            connection.setUseCaches(false);
            connection.setDoOutput(true);

            //Get Response  
            InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
            BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
            StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder(); // or StringBuffer if not Java 5+ 
            String line;
            while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
                response.append(line);
                response.append('\r');
            }
            rd.close();
            return response.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return e.getMessage();
        } finally {
            if (connection != null) {
                connection.disconnect();
            }
        }
    }
}

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1. doGet(String url, HashMap params)
2. doGet(String urlStr)
3. doGet(String urlString)
4. doGet(URL url, String... args)
5. doGetRequest(String urlStr)
6. getHttpURLConnectionByGET(String resourceURL)
7. getJsonFromUrl(String url)
8. httpGet(String httpUrl)
9. httpGet(String url)