protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

      String jsonString = null;
      String username = params[0];
      try {
        MultivaluedMap map = new MultivaluedMapImpl();
        map.add("username", username);

        RestClient tc = new RestClient(map);
        jsonString = tc.postForString("user/retrieve/pending/contact/requests");
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
      return jsonString;
    }