How do you Programmatically Download a Webpage in Java

Question

I would like to be able to fetch a web page\'s html and save it to a String, so I can do some processing on it. Also, how could I handle various types of compr

Answer 1

Well, you could go with the built-in libraries such as URL and URLConnection, but they don't give very much control.

Personally I'd go with the Apache HTTPClient library.
Edit: HTTPClient has been set to end of life by Apache. The replacement is: HTTP Components