public static String fetchURLGet(final String u, String parameters) {
		String returnedString = "";
		try {
			final URL url = new URL(u + "?" + parameters);
			final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
					new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
			String line;
			while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
				returnedString += line;
			}
			reader.close();
		} catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
			System.out.println("MalformedURLException calling url" + u
					+ e.getMessage());
		} catch (final IOException e) {
			System.out.println("IOException calling url" + u + e.getMessage());
		}
		return returnedString;
	}