# Java 11: Synchronous HTTP GET into a String

Java 11+ ships with a new HttpClient

To fetch the content of a website synchronously into a String:    



import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;


...a request has to be constructed with an URI:    




var uri = URI.create("https://airhacks.tv");
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(uri).GET().build();


...then sent (=executed) with an instance of HttpClient:    



var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
String responseBody = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString()).body();
System.out.println(responseBody);