connect.java

	private void connectToUrl() {
		System.out.println("Connecting to requested server");
		String[] requestLine = requestHeaders.get(0).split(" ");
		String uri = requestLine[1];
		String method = requestLine[0];
		String domain = uri.substring(7, uri.length());
		int index = domain.indexOf("/");
		String hostname = domain.substring(0, index);
		String directory = domain.substring(index, domain.length());
		System.out.println("Method: " + method);
		System.out.println("URI: " + uri);
		System.out.println("Hostname: " + hostname);
		System.out.println("Directory: " + directory);
		System.out.println("Creating socket for " + hostname);

		// start connection with the URL
		Socket socket = null;
		try {
			socket = new Socket(hostname, 80);
		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		System.out.println("Socket created successfully.");

		// Send a request to the URL using PrintWriter
		PrintWriter serv = null;
		try {
			serv = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream())));
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		System.out.println("Sending get request to: " + uri);
		for (int i = 0; i < requestHeaders.size(); i++) {

			serv.println(requestHeaders.get(i));
		}
		serv.println();
		serv.flush();

		// read from the URL into this stream
		try {
			is = socket.getInputStream();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		byte[] data = new byte[BUFFER];
		int check = -1;
		try {
			check = is.read(data, 0, BUFFER);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		// while(check != -1) {
		// // write the data back to the browser
		// try {
		// out.write(data, 0, check);
		// check = is.read(data, 0, BUFFER);
		// } catch (IOException e) {
		// // TODO Auto-generated catch block
		// e.printStackTrace();
		// }
		// }
	}