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

Use commons-io IOUtils.toByteArray(URL):

String url = "http://localhost:8080/images/anImage.jpg";
byte[] fileContent = IOUtils.toByteArray(new URL(url));

Maven dependency:

    commons-io
    commons-io
    2.6