RestRequest { public static JsonElement fetchJson(String username, String password, String urlEndpoint) throws IOException { URL url = new URL(urlEndpoint); URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection(); if (username != null && password != null) { String authString = username + ":" + password; byte[] encodedBasicAuth = Base64.encodeBase64(authString.getBytes()); String encodedBasicAuthStr = new String(encodedBasicAuth); urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedBasicAuthStr); } urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json"); urlConnection.connect(); JsonReader reader = new JsonReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream())); JsonParser parser = new JsonParser(); return parser.parse(reader); }  static JsonElement fetchJson(String username, String password, String urlEndpoint);  }
@Test public void testRestRequest() throws IOException { String urlEndpoint = "http: JsonElement json = RestRequest.fetchJson(github.getUsername(), github.getPassword(), urlEndpoint); Assert.assertNotNull(json); }