# com.google.appengine.api.urlfetch
Date: 2012-02-24

## Package com.google.appengine.api.urlfetch

The URL Fetch service can be used to make HTTP and HTTPS requests of other servers on the internet.

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Description

Interface Summary
URLFetchService: The `URLFetchService` provides a way for user code to execute HTTP requests to external URLs.

Class Summary
FetchOptions: Allows users to customize the behavior of `URLFetchService` operations.
FetchOptions.Builder: Contains static creation methods for `FetchOptions`.
HTTPHeader: `HTTPHeader` can represent either an HTTP request header, or an HTTP response header.
HTTPRequest: `HTTPRequest` encapsulates a single HTTP request that is made via the `URLFetchService`.
HTTPResponse: `HTTPResponse` encapsulates the results of a `HTTPRequest` made via the `URLFetchService`.
URLFetchServiceFactory

Enum Summary
HTTPMethod: `HTTPMethod` is an enumeration of HTTP methods that can be sent to a remote server via the `URLFetchService`.

Exception Summary
ResponseTooLargeException: `ResponseTooLargeException` is thrown when the result of a `URLFetchService` operation is too large.

## Package com.google.appengine.api.urlfetch Description

The URL Fetch service can be used to make HTTP and HTTPS requests of other servers on the internet. The `URLConnection` class can also be used to do this, and in App Engine is implemented by using URL Fetch. Chunked and hanging requests, however, are not supported. More information is available in the on-line documentation.

As is typical for App Engine services, the `URLFetchServiceFactory` returns a `URLFetchService`, which is used to actually make requests of the service.