Java URL getContent() Method

The getContent() Method of URL gets the contents of this URL. This method is a shorthand for openConnection().getContent().

Syntax

Returns

The contents of this URL.

Throw

IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.

Example 1

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class UrlGetContentExample1{
public static void main(String args[])throws Exception
{
	//Creating url object
	URL url1=new URL("https://www.javatpoint.com/");
	System.out.println(" Given Url is : "+url1);
	System.out.println(" The content of given url is: "+url1.getContent());
 }
}

Test it Now

Output:

Given Url is : https://www.javatpoint.com/
The content of given url is: sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream@feb3fa

Example 2

import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class UrlgetContentExample2 {

	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
	    URL url = new URL("http://www.javatpoint.com");
	    URLConnection connection = url.openConnection( ); 
		String mimeType = connection.getContentType( ); 
		Object contents = url.getContent();
		System.out.println( contents.getClass().getName());
		System.out.println(" The mime type is : "+mimeType);
		
	  }
}

Test it Now

Output:

sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream
The mime type is : text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

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