Java HTTP Get readURL(String url, String type)

Description

Read the contents of the specified URL and store it in a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	the URL to read
type	the accepted content type

Return

a string containing the URL contents

Declaration

public static String readURL(String url, String type) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*ww  w.  j  a v  a 2  s . com*/
     * Read the contents of the specified URL and store it in a string.
     * @param url the URL to read
     * @param type the accepted content type
     * @return a string containing the URL contents
     */
    public static String readURL(String url, String type) {
        HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
        HttpURLConnection conn = null;
        BufferedReader ins;
        StringBuilder outs = new StringBuilder();
        char[] buffer = new char[1024];
        //String line;
        String contents = "";
        int tmpi;

        try {
            conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
            if (type != null)
                conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", type);
            conn.connect();

            ins = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                    conn.getInputStream()));

            /*
            while((line = ins.readLine()) != null){
              contents += line + "\n";
            }
             */

            do {
                tmpi = ins.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
                if (tmpi > 0)
                    outs.append(buffer, 0, tmpi);
            } while (tmpi >= 0);

            contents = outs.toString();

            conn.disconnect();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            if (conn != null)
                conn.disconnect();
        }

        return contents;
    }

    /**
     * Read the contents of the specified URL and store it in a string.
     * @param url the URL to read
     * @return a string containing the URL contents
     */
    public static String readURL(String url) {
        return readURL(url, null);
    }
}

Related

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3. readURL(final String textURL)
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5. readUrl(String url, String token)
6. readUrl(String urlAsString, int timeout)
7. readURL(URL url)
8. requestGetMethod(String url, String... params)