AsyncHttpClient

import java.util.concurrent.Future;

import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClient;

import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClientConfig;

import com.ning.http.client.Response;

public String send(String url) {

    try {

        AsyncHttpClientConfig config = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder().setRequestTimeoutInMs(1 * 1000).build();

        AsyncHttpClient async = new AsyncHttpClient(config);

        Future<Response> future = async.prepareGet(url).execute();

        Response response = future.get();

        return = response.getResponseBody();

    } catch (Exception e) {

        return = "";

    }

}