try {
                 URL url = new URL(API_URL + "apikey=" + API_KEY + "&username=" + email + "&password=" + password);
                //http://staging.symptoma.com/api/v2/ping?apikey=9b5e5c01f2eb86bb3882af9dbab21ca1
                //URL url = new URL(API_URL + "apikey=" + API_KEY);
                HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
                //urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization","Basic" + encoding);
                //urlConnection.setDoOutput(false);
                Authenticator.setDefault(new CustomAuthenticator());
                urlConnection.connect();
                int status = urlConnection.getResponseCode();

                if (status >= 400) {
                    if (status == 404 || status == 410) {
                        throw new FileNotFoundException(url.toString());
                    } else {
                        throw new java.io.IOException(
                                "Server returned HTTP"
                                        + " response code: " + status
                                        + " for URL: " + url.toString());
                    }
                }