Basic auth

gistfile1.txt

        try {
            String encodedAuth = Base64.encodeBytes((AUTH_USER_NAME + ":" + AUTH_PASSWORD)
                    .getBytes());

            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
            connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedAuth);

            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            connection.connect();

            return connection.getInputStream();

        } catch (ProtocolException e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "ProtocolException", e);
        }