try { URL url=new URL("http://www.google.co.in"); URLConnection urlConn=url.openConnection(); HttpsURLConnection https = (HttpsURLConnection)urlConn; https.connect(); InputStream is=https.getInputStream(); BufferedReader bufferedReader=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); String temp=null; while((temp=bufferedReader.readLine())!=null) { System.out.println(temp); } } catch(MalformedURLException mue) { mue.printStackTrace(); } catch(IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); }