Java URL

Java URL Tutorial and Examples.

1. Get Host From a String url

We’ll wrap it in a try catch block so as to catch MalformedURLException.

     public static String getHost(String urlstr){

        try {
            URL u = new URL(urlstr);
            String ret=u.getProtocol()+"://"+u.getHost();
            return ret;
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {

            return "";
        }

    }

2. Get Host Without Protocol

     public static String getHostOnly(String urlstr){

        try {
            URL u = new URL(urlstr);
            String ret=u.getHost();
            return ret;
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {

            return "";
        }

    }

3. Add Query Map

     public static String addQueryMap(HashMap<String, String> queryMap, String url) {
        Iterator iter = queryMap.entrySet().iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();

            try {
                String q = (String) entry.getValue();
                String e = URLEncoder.encode(q, "utf-8");
                url += "&" + entry.getKey() + "=" + e;

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

        }
        return url;
    }

4. Get Query String From HashMap

     public static String getQueryString(HashMap<String, String> queryMap) {
        String url = "";
        Iterator iter = queryMap.entrySet().iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();

            try {
                String q = (String) entry.getValue();
                String e = URLEncoder.encode(q, "utf-8");
                url += "&" + entry.getKey() + "=" + e;

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

        }
        return url;

    }

5. Get query String From a List

     public static String getQueryString(List<NameValuePair> queryMap) {
        String url = "";
        for(NameValuePair p:queryMap){
            try {
                String q = p.getValue();
                if(q!=null&&!q.equals("")) {
                    String e = URLEncoder.encode(q, "utf-8");
                    url += "&" + p.getName() + "=" + e;
                }

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        return url;

    }

6. Encode strings

     public static String encode(String w, String s) {
        try {
            return URLEncoder.encode(w,s);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return "";
        }
    }

7. How to Validate a URL

     public static boolean isValideUrl(String url) {
        if(url==null){
            return false;
        }
        if(url.startsWith("http://")||url.startsWith("https://")){
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

8. Open Web Browser in any OS

 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Simple class to open a web browser in another process.
 *
 * @author Douglas Lau
 * @author Michael Darter
 */
public class WebBrowser {

    /** Exception for web browser not found */
    static private final IOException BROWSER_NOT_FOUND =
        new FileNotFoundException("Could not find web browser");

    /** Linux web browsers */
    static private final String[] LINUX_BROWSERS = {
        "firefox", "chrome", "chromium", "mozilla", "epiphany", "opera"
    };

    /** Execute a subprocess with a web browser at the given URL */
    static public void open(URL url) throws IOException {
        if (url != null)
            open(url.toString());
    }

    /** Open a URL in a web browser */
    static public void open(String url) throws IOException {
        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS"))
            openMac(url);
        else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
            openWindows(url);
        else
            openLinux(url);
    }

    /** Open a web browser on a Mac computer */
    static private void openMac(String url) throws IOException {
        try {
            Class<?> mgr = Class.forName(
                "com.apple.eio.FileManager");
            Method openURL = mgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
                new Class[] { String.class }
            );
            openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url });
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw BROWSER_NOT_FOUND;
        }
        catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            throw BROWSER_NOT_FOUND;
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            throw BROWSER_NOT_FOUND;
        }
        catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw BROWSER_NOT_FOUND;
        }
    }

    /** Open a web browser on a Windows computer */
    static private void openWindows(String url) throws IOException {
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
            "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
    }

    /** Open a web browser on a Linux computer */
    static private void openLinux(String url) throws IOException {
        String browser = locateBrowser();
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
            browser, url
        });
    }

    /** Locate a browser on a Linux computer */
    static private String locateBrowser() throws IOException {
        for (String browser: LINUX_BROWSERS) {
            if (browserExists(browser))
                return browser;
        }
        throw BROWSER_NOT_FOUND;
    }

    /** Check if a browser exists */
    static private boolean browserExists(String name) throws IOException {
        Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
            new String[] { "which", name }
        );
        try {
            return p.waitFor() == 0;
        }
        catch (InterruptedException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}