HttpURLConnection

HttpURLConnection connection = null;

URL url = null;

...

connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
// connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity");
connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
connection.connect();


InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();

//connection.getContentLength(); 
// need setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity");