Util class for make http request

ConsumerWebService.java

package com.stefanini.android.cartermensajeria.ws;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.net.http.AndroidHttpClient;
import android.util.Log;

public class ConsumerWebService {

  public static JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method,
			List<NameValuePair> params) throws IOException {

		AndroidHttpClient httpClient = null;
		JSONObject json = null;

		try {
			// Building the request
			httpClient = AndroidHttpClient.newInstance("android");
			HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpClient.getParams(),
					3000);

			if (method.equals("POST")) {
				// request method is POST
				HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost();
				URI uri = new URI(url);
				postRequest.setURI(uri);
				postRequest.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params));
				// getting the response
				HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(postRequest);

				final int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine()
						.getStatusCode();

				// check the response if it's ok
				if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {

					throw new IOException("" + httpResponse.getStatusLine());
				}

				final HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
				String response = EntityUtils.toString(entity, HTTP.UTF_8);
				Log.d("", response);
				entity.consumeContent();
				httpClient.close();

				json = new JSONObject(response);

			} else if (method.equals("GET")) {
				// request method is GET
				HttpGet getRequest = new HttpGet();
				String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, HTTP.UTF_8);
				url += "?" + paramString;
				URI uri = new URI(url);
				getRequest.setURI(uri);

				// getting the response
				HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(getRequest);
				final int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine()
						.getStatusCode();

				// check the response if it's ok
				if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
					throw new IOException("" + httpResponse.getStatusLine());
				}

				final HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
				String response = EntityUtils.toString(entity, HTTP.UTF_8);
				System.out.println(response);
				entity.consumeContent();
				httpClient.close();

				json = new JSONObject(response);
			}

			return json;
		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
		} catch (JSONException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
		} finally {
			if (httpClient != null)
				httpClient.close();

		}
	}

}