method for make http request

gistfile1.txt

public static JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method,
                        List<NameValuePair> params) throws IOException {

                AndroidHttpClient httpClient = null;
                JSONObject json = null;

                try {
                        // Building the request
                        httpClient = AndroidHttpClient.newInstance("android");
                        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpClient.getParams(),
                                        3000);

                        if (method.equals("POST")) {
                                // request method is POST
                                HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost();
                                URI uri = new URI(url);
                                postRequest.setURI(uri);
                                postRequest.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params));
                                // getting the response
                                HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(postRequest);

                                final int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine()
                                                .getStatusCode();

                                // check the response if it's ok
                                if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                                        Log.d(AppConstants.TAG, "" + httpResponse.getStatusLine());
                                        throw new IOException("" + httpResponse.getStatusLine());
                                }

                                final HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
                                String response = EntityUtils.toString(entity, HTTP.UTF_8);
                                entity.consumeContent();
                                httpClient.close();

                                json = new JSONObject(response);

                        } else if (method.equals("GET")) {
                                // request method is GET
                                HttpGet getRequest = new HttpGet();
                                String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "utf-8");
                                url += "?" + paramString;
                                URI uri = new URI(url);
                                getRequest.setURI(uri);

                                // getting the response
                                HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(getRequest);
                                final int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine()
                                                .getStatusCode();

                                // check the response if it's ok
                                if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                                        throw new IOException("" + httpResponse.getStatusLine());
                                }

                                final HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
                                String response = EntityUtils.toString(entity, HTTP.UTF_8);
                                entity.consumeContent();
                                httpClient.close();

                                json = new JSONObject(response);
                        }

                        return json;
                } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
                } finally {
                        if (httpClient != null)
                                httpClient.close();

                }
        }