Update a Web Security Policy

In this guide:

Description
Pre-requisites
URI
Request Headers
Request Body
Response
Sample Code

Description

This endpoint can be used to update an existing Web Security Block or Allow List policy for domains or URLs.

The Block or Allow List API endpoint enforces the existing 5,000 limit for total URLs supported in a policy and 25,000 limit for a customer account. This API is intended to automate low volume, day-to-day transactions and is not intended for use of bulk imports or large initial imports of domains or URLs.

For more information about Web Security Policies, visit Mimecaster Central.

Pre-requisites

In order to successfully use this endpoint the logged in user must be a Mimecast administrator with at least the Web Security | Policies | Edit permission.

URI

To use this endpoint you send a POST request to:

/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets

Request Headers

The following request headers must be included in your request:

Field	Description
Authorization	Please see the Authorization guide for more information on building the Authorization header.
x-mc-req-id	A randomly generated GUID, for example, `8578FCFC-A305-4D9A-99CB-F4D5ECEFE297`
x-mc-app-id	The Application ID provided with your Registered API Application.
x-mc-date	The current date and time in the following format, for example, `Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:50:11 UTC`

Request Body

{
 "data": [
  {
   "policies": [
    {
     "fromEternal": false, 
     "comment": "String", 
     "enforced": false, 
     "description": "String", 
     "fromDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000", 
     "bidirectional": false, 
     "toEternal": false, 
     "fromPart": "String", 
     "toDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000", 
     "from": {
      "attribute": {
       "name": "String", 
       "value": "String", 
       "id": "String"
      }, 
      "type": "String", 
      "emailAddress": "String", 
      "groupId": "String", 
      "emailDomain": "String"
     }, 
     "enabled": false, 
     "to": {
      "attribute": {
       "name": "String", 
       "value": "String", 
       "id": "String"
      }, 
      "type": "String", 
      "emailAddress": "String", 
      "groupId": "String", 
      "emailDomain": "String"
     }, 
     "override": false
    }
   ], 
   "id": "String", 
   "urls": [
    {
     "action": "String", 
     "type": "String", 
     "id": "String", 
     "value": "String"
    }
   ], 
   "description": "String"
  }
 ]
}

data

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	String	Required	The Mimecast secure Id of an existing policy to be updated.
urls	Array of Web URL Objects	Required	The URLs to be applied by this policy, and the actions to be taken per-URL.
policies	Array of Policy Details Objects	Required	The policy scoping details
description	String	Required	A description of the policies for future reference.

Policy Details Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
enforced	Boolean	Optional	Determines if the policy enforcement option is enabled. The default value is false.
bidirectional	Boolean	Optional	Determines if the policy should apply in both directions, where the from and to configurations are reversed.
toDate	Date String	Optional	Specifies the expiration date of a policy in ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000). When specified, this will override the toEternal value to false.
description	String	Required	Name of the policy for future reference.
toEternal	Boolean	Optional	Specifies if the policy should have no expiration date. Default value is true.
enabled	Boolean	Optional	Determines if the policy should be enabled to process messages. The default value is true.
fromDate	Date String	Optional	Specifies the date of a policy should go into effect, in ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000). When specified, this will override the fromEternal value to false.
fromEternal	Boolean	Optional	Specifies if the policy should have no start date. Default value is true.
from	Policy Target Object	Optional	Policy application based on the originator.
comment	String	Optional	Comment about the policy. This field is not visible within the Administration Console.
to	Policy Target Object	Optional	Policy application based on the recipient.
override	Boolean	Optional	Specifies if the policy should be set as an override, to be considered prior to equally-specific policies.
conditions	Policy Conditions Object	Optional	Policy application based on email transmission requirements.

Policy Target Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
emailAddress	String	Optional	The email address to apply the policy based on, when type is set to individual_email_address. Note that this field will accept any valid email address, but application is dependent on the address being an internal user.
emailDomain	String	Optional	The email domain to apply the policy based on, when type is set to email_domain.
groupId	String	Optional	The Mimecast secure id of a group (Directory or Profile Group) to apply the policy based on, when type is set to profile_group.
attribute	Attribute Object	Optional	The address object attribute to apply this policy based on, when type is set to address_attribute_value.
type	String	Optional	The component of the address object that this policy should be scoped. Possible values are: everyone, internal_addresses, external_addresses, email_domain, profile_group, address_attribute_value, individual_email_address or free_mail_domains. Default value is everyone.

Attribute Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	String	Optional	The name of the user address attribute to compare value
id	String	Optional	The Mimecast secure id of the user address attribute
value	String	Optional	The value to which the user address attribute should equal

Response

{
 "fail": [], 
 "meta": {
  "status": 200
 }, 
 "data": [
  {
   "urls": [
    {
     "action": "String", 
     "type": "String", 
     "id": "String", 
     "value": "String"
    }
   ], 
   "id": "String", 
   "policies": [
    {
     "policy": {
      "fromEternal": true, 
      "comment": "String", 
      "enforced": false, 
      "description": "String", 
      "lastUpdated": "Date String", 
      "fromDate": "Date String", 
      "bidirectional": false, 
      "toEternal": true, 
      "createTime": "Date String", 
      "fromPart": "String", 
      "toDate": "Date String", 
      "from": {
       "attribute": {
        "name": "String", 
        "value": "String", 
        "id": "String"
       }, 
       "group": {
        "folders": [
         "String"
        ], 
        "description": "String", 
        "source": "String", 
        "folderCount": 100, 
        "parentId": "String", 
        "id": "String", 
        "userCount": 100
       }, 
       "type": "String", 
       "emailAddress": "String", 
       "emailDomain": "String"
      }, 
      "enabled": false, 
      "to": {
       "attribute": {
        "name": "String", 
        "value": "String", 
        "id": "String"
       }, 
       "group": {
        "folders": [
         "String"
        ], 
        "description": "String", 
        "source": "String", 
        "folderCount": 100, 
        "parentId": "String", 
        "id": "String", 
        "userCount": 100
       }, 
       "type": "String", 
       "emailAddress": "String", 
       "emailDomain": "String"
      }, 
      "override": false
     }, 
     "locations": [
      {
       "ip": "String", 
       "location": "String"
      }
     ], 
     "id": "String"
    }
   ], 
   "description": "String"
  }
 ]
}

meta object

Field	Type	Description
status	Number	The function level status of the request.

data

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The Mimecast secure id of the policy, for use when referencing policy with other API calls.
description	String	The description for the policy (name)
urls	Array of Web URL Objects	The URLs to be applied by this policy, and the actions to be taken per-URL.
policies	Array of Policy With Location Objects	The policy scoping details

Policy with Location Object

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The Mimecast secure id of the policy.
locations	Array of Source IP Location Objects	An array of objects containing information regrading the source.
policy	Policy Detail Response Object	The policy scoping details.

Source IP Location Object

Field	Type	Description
ip	String	The source IP address.
location	String	The name of the location IP address.

Policy Detail Response Object

Field	Type	Description
enforced	Boolean	Is the policy enforced
bidirectional	String	Should the policy also apply in reverse from configuration of this policy.
toDate	Date String	The end date that the policy should cease to apply in ISO 8601 date time format (e.g. 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000)
description	String	The description for the policy (name)
toEternal	Boolean	Should the policy continue to apply, regardless of the current date and time
enabled	Boolean	Should the policy be considered for emails processing through Mimecast
fromDate	Date String	The start date that the policy should begin to apply in ISO 8601 date time format (e.g. 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000)
fromPart	String	Should the sender address be considered based on the envelope, header or either address
fromEternal	Boolean	Should the policy start to apply, regardless of the current date and time
from	Policy Target Object	Scope of application based on the sender address
to	Policy Target Object	Scope of application based on the recipient address
override	Boolean	Should the policy be considered for application, and apply if conditions met, prior to other policies of the same type
conditions	Policy Conditions Object	Conditions of the sending platform to determine if the policy should be considered
createTime	Date String	The creation timestamp of the policy in ISO 8601 date time format (e.g. 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000)
lastUpdated	String	The most recent modification timestamp of the policy in ISO 8601 date time format (e.g. 2011-12-03T10:15:30+0000)
comment	String	A comment about the policy when created.

Policy Target Object

Field	Type	Description
emailAddress	String	The email address to apply the policy based on
emailDomain	String	The email domain to apply the policy based on
group	Group Object	The group to which the policy is scoped
attribute	Attribute Object	The address object attribute to apply this policy based on
type	String	The component of the address object that this policy should be scoped

Attribute Object

Field	Type	Description
name	String	The name of the user address attribute to compare value
id	String	The Mimecast secure id of the user address attribute
value	String	The value to which the user address attribute should equal

Group Object

Field	Type	Description
folders	Array of Group Objects	An array of all sub-groups for the current group.
userCount	Number	The number of users in the current group.
description	String	The name of the current group.
id	String	The Mimecast secure id of the current group.
source	String	The source of the current group. Will be cloud or ldap.
folderCount	Number	The number of sub-groups within the current group.
parentId	String	The Mimecast secure id of the parent group.

Sample Code

Sample code is provided to demonstrate how to use the API and is not representative of a production application. To use the sample code; complete the required variables as described, populate the desired values in the request body, and execute in your favorite IDE. Please see the Global Base URL's page to find the correct base URL to use for your account.

POST {base_url}/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets
Authorization: MC {accesskKey}:{Base64 encoded signed Data To Sign}
x-mc-date: {dateTime}
x-mc-req-id: {unique id}
x-mc-app-id: {applicationId}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json


{
  "data":[
    {
        "id": "String",
        "urls": [
            {
                "action": "String",
                "id": "String",
                "type": "String",
                "value": "String"
            }
        ],
        "policies": [
            {
                "enforced": False,
                "bidirectional": False,
                "toDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000",
                "description": "String",
                "toEternal": False,
                "enabled": False,
                "fromDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000",
                "fromPart": "String",
                "fromEternal": False,
                "from": {
                    "emailAddress": "String",
                    "emailDomain": "String",
                    "attribute": {
                        "name": "String",
                        "value": "String",
                        "id": "String"
                    },
                    "type": "String",
                    "groupId": "String"
                },
                "comment": "String",
                "to": {
                    "emailAddress": "String",
                    "emailDomain": "String",
                    "attribute": {
                        "name": "String",
                        "value": "String",
                        "id": "String"
                    },
                    "type": "String",
                    "groupId": "String"
                },
                "override": False
            }
        ],
        "description": "String"
    }
  ]
}

import base64
import hashlib
import hmac
import uuid
import datetime
import requests

# Setup required variables
base_url = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
uri = "/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets"
url = base_url + uri
access_key = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
secret_key = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
app_id = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
app_key = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

# Generate request header values
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
hdr_date = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") + " UTC"

# DataToSign is used in hmac_sha1
dataToSign = ':'.join([hdr_date, request_id, uri, app_key])

# Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
hmac_sha1 = hmac.new(base64.b64decode(secret_key), dataToSign.encode(), digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()

# Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
sig = base64.b64encode(hmac_sha1).rstrip()

# Create request headers
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'MC ' + access_key + ':' + sig.decode(),
    'x-mc-app-id': app_id,
    'x-mc-date': hdr_date,
    'x-mc-req-id': request_id,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

payload = {
        'data': [
            {
                "id": "String",
                "urls": [
                    {
                        "action": "String",
                        "id": "String",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "String"
                    }
                ],
                "policies": [
                    {
                        "enforced": False,
                        "bidirectional": False,
                        "toDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000",
                        "description": "String",
                        "toEternal": False,
                        "enabled": False,
                        "fromDate": "2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000",
                        "fromPart": "String",
                        "fromEternal": False,
                        "from": {
                            "emailAddress": "String",
                            "emailDomain": "String",
                            "attribute": {
                                "name": "String",
                                "value": "String",
                                "id": "String"
                            },
                            "type": "String",
                            "groupId": "String"
                        },
                        "comment": "String",
                        "to": {
                            "emailAddress": "String",
                            "emailDomain": "String",
                            "attribute": {
                                "name": "String",
                                "value": "String",
                                "id": "String"
                            },
                            "type": "String",
                            "groupId": "String"
                        },
                        "override": False
                    }
                ],
                "description": "String"
            }
        ]
    }

r = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=str(payload))

print(r.text)

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Setup required variables
            string baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
            string uri = "/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets";
            string accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
            string secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
            string appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
            string appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

            //Generate request header values
            string hdrDate = System.DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R");
            string requestId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

            //Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
            System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC h = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1(System.Convert.FromBase64String(secretKey));

            //Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
            byte[] hash = h.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(hdrDate + ":" + requestId + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey));

            //Build the signature to be included in the Authorization header in your request
            string signature = "MC " + accessKey + ":" + System.Convert.ToBase64String(hash);

            //Build Request
            System.Net.HttpWebRequest request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(baseUrl + uri);
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/json";

            //Add Headers
            request.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = signature;
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-date", hdrDate);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-req-id", requestId);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-app-id", appId);

            //Add request body
            //Create and write data to stream
            string postData = @"{
                    ""data"": [
                        {
                            ""id"": ""String"",
                            ""urls"": [
                                {
                                    ""action"": ""String"",
                                    ""id"": ""String"",
                                    ""type"": ""String"",
                                    ""value"": ""String""
                                }
                            ],
                            ""policies"": [
                                {
                                    ""enforced"": False,
                                    ""bidirectional"": False,
                                    ""toDate"": ""2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000"",
                                    ""description"": ""String"",
                                    ""toEternal"": False,
                                    ""enabled"": False,
                                    ""fromDate"": ""2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000"",
                                    ""fromPart"": ""String"",
                                    ""fromEternal"": False,
                                    ""from"": {
                                        ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                                        ""emailDomain"": ""String"",
                                        ""attribute"": {
                                            ""name"": ""String"",
                                            ""value"": ""String"",
                                            ""id"": ""String""
                                        },
                                        ""type"": ""String"",
                                        ""groupId"": ""String""
                                    },
                                    ""comment"": ""String"",
                                    ""to"": {
                                        ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                                        ""emailDomain"": ""String"",
                                        ""attribute"": {
                                            ""name"": ""String"",
                                            ""value"": ""String"",
                                            ""id"": ""String""
                                        },
                                        ""type"": ""String"",
                                        ""groupId"": ""String""
                                    },
                                    ""override"": False
                                }
                            ],
                            ""description"": ""String""
                        }
                    ]
                }";

            byte[] payload = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);

            System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream();
            stream.Write(payload, 0, payload.Length);
            stream.Close();

            //Send Request
            System.Net.HttpWebResponse response = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

            //Output response to console
            System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
            string responseBody = "";
            string temp = null;
            while ((temp = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                responseBody += temp;
            };
            System.Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
            System.Console.ReadLine();
        }

#Setup required variables
$baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
$uri = "/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets"
$url = $baseUrl + $uri
$accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
$secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
$appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
$appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

#Generate request header values
$hdrDate = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss UTC")
$requestId = [guid]::NewGuid().guid

#Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
$sha = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
$sha.key = [Convert]::FromBase64String($secretKey)
$sig = $sha.ComputeHash([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($hdrDate + ":" + $requestId + ":" + $uri + ":" + $appKey))
$sig = [Convert]::ToBase64String($sig)

#Create Headers
$headers = @{"Authorization" = "MC " + $accessKey + ":" + $sig;
                "x-mc-date" = $hdrDate;
                "x-mc-app-id" = $appId;
                "x-mc-req-id" = $requestId;
                "Content-Type" = "application/json"}

#Create post body
$postBody = "{
                    ""data"": [
                        {
                            ""id"": ""String"",
                            ""urls"": [
                                {
                                    ""action"": ""String"",
                                    ""id"": ""String"",
                                    ""type"": ""String"",
                                    ""value"": ""String""
                                }
                            ],
                            ""policies"": [
                                {
                                    ""enforced"": False,
                                    ""bidirectional"": False,
                                    ""toDate"": ""2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000"",
                                    ""description"": ""String"",
                                    ""toEternal"": False,
                                    ""enabled"": False,
                                    ""fromDate"": ""2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000"",
                                    ""fromPart"": ""String"",
                                    ""fromEternal"": False,
                                    ""from"": {
                                        ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                                        ""emailDomain"": ""String"",
                                        ""attribute"": {
                                            ""name"": ""String"",
                                            ""value"": ""String"",
                                            ""id"": ""String""
                                        },
                                        ""type"": ""String"",
                                        ""groupId"": ""String""
                                    },
                                    ""comment"": ""String"",
                                    ""to"": {
                                        ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                                        ""emailDomain"": ""String"",
                                        ""attribute"": {
                                            ""name"": ""String"",
                                            ""value"": ""String"",
                                            ""id"": ""String""
                                        },
                                        ""type"": ""String"",
                                        ""groupId"": ""String""
                                    },
                                    ""override"": False
                                }
                            ],
                            ""description"": ""String""
                        }
                    ]
                }"

#Send Request
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $postBody -Uri $url

#Print the response
$response

public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException, java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException, java.security.InvalidKeyException {

        //set up variables for request
        String baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
        String uri = "/api/policy/webwhiteurl/update-policy-with-targets";
        String url = "https://" + baseUrl + uri;
        String accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
        String secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
        String appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
        String appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

        //create URL object
        java.net.URL obj = new java.net.URL(url);

        // set guid for x-mc-req-id header
        String guid = java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();

        // set date for x-mc-date header
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
        sdf.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        String date = sdf.format(new java.util.Date());

        //create signature for the Authorization header
        String dataToSign = date + ":" + guid + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey;
        String hmacSHA1 = "HmacSHA1";
        javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec signingKey = new javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey.getBytes()), hmacSHA1);
        javax.crypto.Mac mac = javax.crypto.Mac.getInstance(hmacSHA1);
        mac.init(signingKey);
        String sig = new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(mac.doFinal(dataToSign.getBytes())));

        // create request object
        javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection con = (javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();

        //set request type to POST
        con.setRequestMethod("POST");
        con.setDoOutput(true);

        //add reuqest headers
        con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "MC " + accessKey + ":" + sig);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-req-id", guid);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-app-id", appId);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-date", date);
        con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
        con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");

        //Add post body to the request
        String postBody = "{\n" +
        " \"data\": [\n" +
        "     "    {\n" +
        "                \"id\": \"String\",
" +
        "                \"urls\": [
" +
        "                    {
" +
        "                        \"action\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"id\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"type\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"value\": \"String\"
" +
        "                    }
" +
        "                ],
" +
        "                \"policies\": [
" +
        "                    {
" +
        "                        \"enforced\": False,
" +
        "                        \"bidirectional\": False,
" +
        "                        \"toDate\": \"2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000\",
" +
        "                        \"description\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"toEternal\": False,
" +
        "                        \"enabled\": False,
" +
        "                        \"fromDate\": \"2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000\",
" +
        "                        \"fromPart\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"fromEternal\": False,
" +
        "                        \"from\": {
" +
        "                            \"emailAddress\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"emailDomain\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"attribute\": {
" +
        "                                \"name\": \"String\",
" +
        "                                \"value\": \"String\",
" +
        "                                \"id\": \"String\"
" +
        "                            },
" +
        "                            \"type\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"groupId\": \"String\"
" +
        "                        },
" +
        "                        \"comment\": \"String\",
" +
        "                        \"to\": {
" +
        "                            \"emailAddress\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"emailDomain\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"attribute\": {
" +
        "                                \"name\": \"String\",
" +
        "                                \"value\": \"String\",
" +
        "                                \"id\": \"String\"
" +
        "                            },
" +
        "                            \"type\": \"String\",
" +
        "                            \"groupId\": \"String\"
" +
        "                        },
" +
        "                        \"override\": False
" +
        "                    }
" +
        "                ],
" +
        "                \"description\": \"String\"
" +
        "    }\n" +
        " ]\n" +
        "}";
        java.io.OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
        os.write(postBody.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        os.close();

        //process response
        java.io.BufferedReader in = new java.io.BufferedReader(
                new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
        String inputLine;
        StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

        while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
            response.append(inputLine);
        }
        in.close();

        //return result
        java.lang.System.out.println(response.toString());
    }