Checking if a URL Exists in Java

core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/url/UrlChecker.java

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+package com.baeldung.url;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public class UrlChecker {
+
+    public int getResponseCodeForURL(String address) throws IOException {
+        return getResponseCodeForURLUsing(address, "GET");
+    }
+
+    public int getResponseCodeForURLUsingHead(String address) throws IOException {
+        return getResponseCodeForURLUsing(address, "HEAD");
+    }
+
+    private int getResponseCodeForURLUsing(String address, String method) throws IOException {
+        HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false); // Set follow redirects to false
+        final URL url = new URL(address);
+        HttpURLConnection huc = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+        huc.setRequestMethod(method);
+        return huc.getResponseCode();
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/url/UrlCheckerUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.url;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class UrlCheckerUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidUrl_WhenUsingHEAD_ThenReturn200() throws IOException {
+        UrlChecker tester = new UrlChecker();
+        int responseCode = tester.getResponseCodeForURLUsingHead("http://www.example.com");
+        assertEquals(200, responseCode);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidIUrl_WhenUsingHEAD_ThenReturn404() throws IOException {
+        UrlChecker tester = new UrlChecker();
+        int responseCode = tester.getResponseCodeForURLUsingHead("http://www.example.com/unkownurl");
+        assertEquals(404, responseCode);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidUrl_WhenUsingGET_ThenReturn200() throws IOException {
+        UrlChecker tester = new UrlChecker();
+        int responseCode = tester.getResponseCodeForURL("http://www.example.com");
+        assertEquals(200, responseCode);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidIUrl_WhenUsingGET_ThenReturn404() throws IOException {
+        UrlChecker tester = new UrlChecker();
+        int responseCode = tester.getResponseCodeForURL("http://www.example.com/unkownurl");
+        assertEquals(404, responseCode);
+    }
+    
+}