Simplest HTTP request example

Main.java

package cg;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;

/**
 * @author Sergey Mashkov aka cy6erGn0m
 * @since 08.06.12
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("konn.ohooligans.ru"), 80);
        try {
            OutputStreamWriter w = new OutputStreamWriter(s.getOutputStream(), "UTF-8");

            w.write("GET /bar HTTP/1.1\n");
            w.write("Host: konn.ohooligans.ru\n");
            w.write("Connection: close\n\n");

            w.flush();

            InputStream is = s.getInputStream();
            int rc;
            byte[] buff = new byte[256];

            while ((rc = is.read(buff)) != -1) {
                System.out.write(buff, 0, rc);
            }
        } finally {
            s.close();
        }
    }
}