public static String placeNetworkRequest(String urlString, HttpMethod method) {
Log.i(MainActivity.TAG, "Placing network request to : " + urlString);
String responseString = null;
BufferedReader reader = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(urlString);
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestMethod(method.getValue());
urlConnection.connect();
InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (inputStream == null) {
responseString = null;
}
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line + "\n");
}
if (buffer.length() > 0) {
responseString = buffer.toString();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(MainActivity.TAG, "Error ", e);
responseString = null;
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null) {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (final IOException e) {
Log.e(MainActivity.TAG, "Error closing stream", e);
}
}
}
return responseString;
}
