Simple HTTP Request

Simple code sample that executes a HTTP GET using apache HttpClient

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public String executeGet(String url) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
  
    HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
    HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
  
    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
    return EntityUtils.toString(entity);
}