public String getRequest_WithoutSession(String request, String uri) {

        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
        BufferedReader rd  = null;
        StringBuilder sb = null;
        String line = null;


        try {
            java.net.URL URL = new java.net.URL(uri);

            //Set up the initial connection
            connection = (HttpURLConnection)URL.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            connection.setReadTimeout(10000);

            connection.connect();

            //read the result from the server
            rd  = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
            sb = new StringBuilder();

            while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
            {
                sb.append(line + '\n');
            }


        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ProtocolException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }