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; }