getCases.java

	public static String getCases(){
		try{

			String responseAccumulator = "";

			String baseURL = "https://www.commcarehq.org/a/%s/api/v0.5/case/?format=xml&limit=100";
			String queryURL = String.format(baseURL, domain);

			String authString = username + ":" + password;
			System.out.println("auth string: " + authString);
			byte[] authEncBytes = Base64.encodeBase64(authString.getBytes());
			String authStringEnc = new String(authEncBytes);

			System.out.println("Base64 encoded auth string: " + authStringEnc);

			URL url = new URL(queryURL);
			URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
			urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + authStringEnc);
			InputStream is = urlConnection.getInputStream();
			InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);

			int numCharsRead;
			char[] charArray = new char[1024];
			StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
			while ((numCharsRead = isr.read(charArray)) > 0) {
				sb.append(charArray, 0, numCharsRead);
			}
			String result = sb.toString();

			System.out.println("*** BEGIN ***");
			System.out.println(result);
			System.out.println("*** END ***");
			return result;
		}
		catch(Exception e){
			return "Exception: " + e;
		}
	}