Question

I have java related question…

Website http://www.stationv3.com gets updated daily (most of the time at least, it’s kinda irregular). Every time I connect to a site using address http://www.stationv3.com (using a browser), it redirects me to it’s subpage http://www.stationv3.com/date_of_latest_update.html

I’m trying to make a program that will pull latest comic from the site, but I am not sure how to find out it’s exact address. But I know I’d be able to find out if I could somehow find out where where am I being redirected on every connect. Is that possible with java? I know it can do all sorts of quirky things, but I’m still new to internet related stuff…

I used exact site name just to make it easy for you to check outwhat’s going on…
And also, I’m creating a generic code, one which could (with some tinkering) be applyed to any site that functions in that manner.

Answer 1

import java.net.*;
public class ShowStationV3Redirect {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    URL url = new URL(args[0]);
    HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    System.out.println("Response code = " + connection.getResponseCode());
    String header = connection.getHeaderField("location");
    if (header != null)
        System.out.println("www.stationv3.com redirected to " + header);
}
}

The above code snippet tells you what URL you are being redirected to.