Normal network connection

NetworkConnection.java

try {
    URL url = new URL("<api call>");
 
    urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
    urlConnection.connect();
 
    InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
    if (inputStream == null) {
        // Nothing to do.
        return null;
    }
    reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
 
    String line;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        buffer.append(line + "\n");
    }
 
    if (buffer.length() == 0) {
        return null;
    }
    result = buffer.toString();
} catch (IOException e) {
    Log.e("Request", "Error ", e);
    return null;
} finally{
    if (urlConnection != null) {
        urlConnection.disconnect();
    }
    if (reader != null) {
        try {
            reader.close();
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            Log.e("Request", "Error closing stream", e);
        }
    }
}