public static String executeHttpGet(String requestURL) throws URISyntaxException, ClientProtocolException, IOException {
    BufferedReader in = null;
    String result = "";
    try {
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
        request.setURI(new URI(requestURL));
        Log.i("requesting", requestURL);
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
        in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
        String line = "";
        String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line + NL);
        }
        in.close();
        result = sb.toString();
    } finally {
        try
        {
            in.close();
        }
        catch(NullPointerException e)
        {
            //
        }
    }
    return result;
}