gistfile1.java

package me.ryanw.launch.me.ryanw.utils;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class RESTful {

    public static String httpGet(String urlString) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

        if (connection.getResponseCode() != 200) {
            throw new IOException(connection.getResponseMessage());
        }

        BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String line;

        try {
            while ((line = read.readLine()) != null) {
                stringBuilder.append(line);
            }
        } catch(IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        
        read.close();

        connection.disconnect();
        return stringBuilder.toString();
    }
}