// Disable automatic redirects for all HTTP requests
HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
// Disable automatic redirects for a particular connection
try {
// Create a URLConnection object for a URL
URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80");
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
// Disable automatic redirects just for this connection
HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection)conn;
httpConn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
// Send the request to the server
conn.connect();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
}