java.net.URL read stream to byte[]

Question

I`m trying to read an image from an URL (with the java package java.net.URL) to a byte[]. \"Everything\" works fine, except that the content isnt being ent

Answer 1

Here's a clean solution:

private byte[] downloadUrl(URL toDownload) {
    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    try {
        byte[] chunk = new byte[4096];
        int bytesRead;
        InputStream stream = toDownload.openStream();

        while ((bytesRead = stream.read(chunk)) > 0) {
            outputStream.write(chunk, 0, bytesRead);
        }

    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }

    return outputStream.toByteArray();
}