How to download an image from a HTTP URL

[Valeriano]

I want to download an image from a HTTP url and show it to the user. I know how to show an image to the user if it is in the form of Image/BufferedImage but i dont know how to download it. Should i use a third party library or does Java have a built-in support for this?

[levent]

Yes, Java has excellent built-in support for networking.

You can use the following code to download the image:

try {
        // Create a URL for the image's location
        URL url = new URL("http://your-host.com/your-image.gif");
    
        // Get the image
        java.awt.Image image = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);

    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }