private JSONObject readJsonFromUrl(String url) throws IOException, ParseException {
        InputStream is = new URL(url).openStream();
        try {
          BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
          String jsonText = readAll(rd);
          JSONObject json = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(jsonText);
          return json;
        } finally {
          is.close();
        }
      }

    private String readAll(Reader rd) throws IOException {
    	StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        int cp;
        while ((cp = rd.read()) != -1) {
        	sb.append((char) cp);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }