http://www.heatonresearch.com/articles/series/16

    This chapter includes two recipes. These two recipes will demonstrate the following:

• Determining if a URL uses HTTPS
• Using HTTP authentication

    The first recipe will introduce you to some of the things that can be done with the HttpsURLConnection class. The second recipe shows how to access a site that uses HTTP authentication.

    This chapter includes four recipes. These four recipes will demonstrate the following:

• Scanning a URL for headers
• Searching a range of IP addresses for web sites
• Downloading a binary or text file
• Monitoring a site to see that it stays up

    These recipes will introduce you to some of the things that can be done with the HttpURLConnection class.