Http lookups with timeouts

HttpUtils.groovy

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

class HttpUtils {

    static def getJsonFrom(url) {
        new JsonSlurper().parseText(getTextFrom(url))
    }

    static def getTextFrom(url, timeout = 30000) {
        URLConnection con = new URL(url).openConnection();
        con.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
        con.setReadTimeout(timeout);
        con.getInputStream().text
    }
}