HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); String url = "http://example.com"; List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(); params.add( new BasicNameValuePair( "param", "value" ) ); URI uri = new URI( url + "?" + URLEncodedUtils.format( params, "utf-8" ); HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(uri); request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01"); HttpResponse response = null; try { response = httpclient.execute(request); } catch (ClientProtocolException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }