Download file with specific content type

Question

Do to download a file and set its content type using Java, using python I do it this way:

import urllib2
req = urllib2.Request('http://www.example.com/', data="abc", headers={'Content-type': 'text/plain'})
r = urllib2.urlopen(req)

My questions are:

What's this Python code equivalence for Java ?
Also, is it possible to make an asynchronous download with a callback when the download is completed ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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I am unable to make a comment, so it has to go here. Have you tried any of the many suggestions from how-to-download-and-save-a-file-from-internet-using-java

Update: ok, so you should be able to use a HttpURlConnection

URL url = new URL("http://www.example.com/");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Set Headers
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");

and then you can use conn.getInputStream() to read the response

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Apr 15 '17 at 21:35

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I did go through it but i'm not finding how to set the content type – Noor Apr 15 '17 at 21:37
Updated my answer with a code example, unfortunately I have no file to actually test this on. – Thrasd Apr 15 '17 at 21:58
is there anyway to make the download asynchronous with a callback when download is completed ? – Noor Apr 16 '17 at 14:02

Download file with specific content type

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