public static String checkCredentials(List<String> credentials) {
        Log.d(TAG, "In checkCredentials");
        Log.d(TAG,"Credentials are "+credentials.toString());
        String user_name = credentials.get(0);
        Log.d(TAG, "user_name is "+user_name);
        String user_password = credentials.get(1);
        String httpsURL = "https://willbeddow.com/auth.cgi";
        String charset = "UTF-8";
        String param1 = user_name;
        String param2 = user_password;
        String query = "user=" + encode(user_name);
        query += "&";
        query += "password=" + encode(user_password);
        Log.d(TAG, "Finished formatting url, HttpsURL is "+httpsURL);
        try{
            URL myurl = new URL(httpsURL);
            HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) myurl.openConnection();
            con.setRequestMethod("POST");

            con.setRequestProperty("Content-length", valueOf(query.length()));
            con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
            con.setDoOutput(true);
            con.setDoInput(true);

            DataOutputStream output = new DataOutputStream(con.getOutputStream());


            output.writeBytes(query);

            output.close();

            DataInputStream input = new DataInputStream(con.getInputStream());


            for (int c = input.read(); c != -1; c = input.read())
                System.out.print((char) c);
            input.close();

            Log.d(TAG, "Resp Code:"+con .getResponseCode());
            Log.d(TAG, System.out.println("Resp Message:"+ con .getResponseMessage());
            return con.getResponseMessage();
        }
        catch (Exception m){
            Log.d(TAG, "Exception "+m.toString()+" occurred. URL was: "+httpsURL.toString());
            return "Exception";
        }