GET html contents from a web server

[mjzammit]

hi
i am building a program to get the contents of html on an http website.
The code is found below:
//Get details of the url (RequestTrial) I would like to connect to
//The 'RequestTrial' stands for the url
url = new URL(RequestTrial);
String getHost = url.getHost();
int getPort = url.getPort();
if (getPort == -1) {
getPort = 80;
}
SrvrSocket = new Socket(getHost, getPort);
System.out.println("connected to the server requested");

//Now i send the GET request to the server
PrintWriter wrServer = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(SrvrSocket.getOutputStream()));
wrServer.println("GET " + RequestTrial + " HTTP/1.0" + "\r\n");
wrServer.println(""); // followed by newline
wrServer.flush();

//Receiving the data from the server
// Check reply headers
DataInputStream Din =
new DataInputStream(SrvrSocket.getInputStream());
String str = Din.readLine();
HTMLstring += str;
System.out.println(str);
String tempStr = new String(str + "\r\n");
if (str.length() > 0) {
while (true) {
str = Din.readLine();
tempStr = new String(str + "\r\n");
//HTMLstring += tempStr;
System.out.println(tempStr);

if (str.length() <= 0) {
break;
}
}
}

InputStream rdServer = SrvrSocket.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isReader = new InputStreamReader(rdServer);
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(isReader);

//HTMLstring is where i am holding the HTML given by the server
String s = null;
while ((s = rd.readLine()) != null) {

HTMLstring += s + "\r\n";

}

rd.close();

} catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
// Requested Server could not be located
System.out.println("Server Not Found: " + uhe);

} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("IOException: " + ioe);
} finally {
try {
SrvrSocket.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
}
}

But unfortunately i only receive half of the html
why is that???

When i use the URL class getcontent I get all the html, but i need to use sockets. Can someone please indicate where my error is please...

[strati1991]

you can use
URLConnection con = yourURL.openConnection();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
System.out.println(inputLine);
in.close();

[toadaly]

Don't try coding to http. Use an HTTP connection, which is what you get behind the scenes with the advice strat1991 gave.