public static String downloadFromUrl(String my_url) {
URL url;
InputStream is = null;
BufferedReader br;
String line;
String content = "";
try {
url = new URL(my_url);
is = url.openStream(); // throws an IOException
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
content += line;
}
} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
return null;
} catch (IOException ioe) {
return null;
} finally {
try {
if (is != null) {
is.close();
}
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// nothing to see here
}
}
return content;
}