Get responsebody as characters

Question

I am trying to get response from a website. I am using HttpURLConnection class.

this is my code:

        BufferedReader in = null;  
  in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpCon.getInputStream()));  
  String Line;

  while ((Line= in.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(Line);
   }

All I get is :"�Q�u��0�_��q�J��R衔�J1�4q�Ȓ��d�%�ޑl/��^�0�ϯ�7�[6@~Ȟ�K��S��+u"

How can I decode it? Thank you.

`new InputStreamReader(httpCon.getInputStream(), CHARSET_NAME)` — johnchen902, May 17 '13 at 12:23
you should add some encoding : see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1945336/how-to-set-content-type-on-httpurlconnection — willome, May 17 '13 at 12:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '13 at 12:26

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The request is most likely GZipped. Use a GZIPInputStream to read the request.

  BufferedReader in = null;  
  in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new GZIPInputStream(httpCon.getInputStream())));  
  String Line;

  while ((Line= in.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(Line);
   }

answered May 17 '13 at 12:26

Kevin Bowersox

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Thank you! it was GZIPInputStream ! – Barak May 17 '13 at 12:50
@user2126373 Excellent! I had this same issue a few months back, I was glad I could pass this one on. If that solved your issue could you please accept? I'm one vote away from 20k!!!!! – Kevin Bowersox May 17 '13 at 12:53

Get responsebody as characters

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