Java URL Download get(URL url, String acceptType)

Description

Sends HTTP GET request

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	the URL to connect to
acceptType	the type of data to accept

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception
ProtocolException	an exception

Return

Streamed response from server

Declaration

public static InputStream get(URL url, String acceptType) throws IOException, ProtocolException 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.ProtocolException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**/*  w  ww .  j  av a 2 s.  c o m*/
     * Sends HTTP GET request
     * @param url the URL to connect to
     * @param acceptType the type of data to accept
     * @return Streamed response from server
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws ProtocolException
     */
    public static InputStream get(URL url, String acceptType) throws IOException, ProtocolException {
        HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        con.setDoOutput(true);
        con.setRequestMethod("GET");
        con.setRequestProperty("accept", acceptType);
        return con.getInputStream();
    }
}

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