// Fetch text results from URL
// URL can point to a web page or CGI application
// and may include URL encoded GET variables
 
String URLFetch( String sURL )
{
   String sResult = "";
 
   try {
      URL CGIurl = new URL(sURL);
 
      URLConnection c = CGIurl.openConnection();
 
      c.setUseCaches(false);
 
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(c.getInputStream()));
 
      // read text output of CGI into sResult
      String aLine;
      while ((aLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
         // data from the CGI
         sResult = sResult + aLine + "\n";
      }
   }
   catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
      System.err.println ("Invalid URL");
   }
   catch (IOException ioe) {
      System.err.println ("I/O Error - " + ioe);
   }
 
   return sResult;
}