+ connection helpers.

misphelper/src/ConnectionHelper.java

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+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public class ConnectionHelper {
+
+
+    public static HttpURLConnection make(String method, String urlString) throws IOException {
+        URL url = new URL(urlString);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+        connection.setRequestMethod(method);
+        connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "USER_AGENT");
+        connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.5");
+        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
+        return connection;
+    }
+
+
+    public static Ride parseRide(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
+        String out;
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        while ((out = in.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(out); }
+        in.close();
+        return new Ride(sb.toString());
+    }
+}