Networking utility to get data from a URL

NetworkingUtils.kt

private  val SLEEP_TIME = 5000L
private val TAG = "CounterAsyncTask"

private fun sendGet(urlToCall: String = "https://www.google.com/") {

    Thread.sleep(SLEEP_TIME)

    val url = URL(urlToCall)

    with(url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection) {
        requestMethod = "GET"  // optional default is GET

        Log.i(TAG,"\nSent 'GET' request to URL : $url; Response Code : $responseCode")

        inputStream.bufferedReader().use {
            it.forEachLine { Log.i(TAG, it) }
        }
    }
}