public int getMeTheResponseCodeOfURL(final URL url) {
    HttpURLConnection httpUrlConnection = null;
    int statusCode = 0;
    String userName = "ABCD\michael";
    String userPass = "password!6789";
    String UserAndPass = userName + ":" + userPass;
    String userPassBase64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(UserAndPass.getBytes());

    try {
        httpUrlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        httpUrlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + userPassBase64);
        httpUrlConnection.connect();
        statusCode = httpUrlConnection.getResponseCode();

    } catch (final IOException e) {
        this.log.error("IO Exception! Errormessage: " + e);
    }
    return statusCode;
}