Android HTTP GET Helper

/**
 * Made by Pranay Prakash <[email protected]>
 */
public static String GET(String url){
  InputStream inputStream = null;
  String result = "";
  try {
    // create HttpClient
    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

    // make GET request to the given URL
    HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(url));

    // receive response as inputStream
    inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();

    // convert inputstream to string
    if(inputStream != null)
      result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
    else
      result = "Did not work!";

    } catch (Exception e) {
      Log.d("InputStream", e.getLocalizedMessage());
    }
  return result;
}

    private static String convertInputStreamToString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException{
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
        String line = "";
        String result = "";
        while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)
            result += line;

        inputStream.close();
        return result;
    }