code: private void sendRESTMessage(String url) {
          HttpInputStream response = null;
          try {
              logger.debug("Getting " + url);
              response = _webClient.get(url, false, _gSearchCredentials);
              int code = response.getStatusCode();
              if (code != 200) {
                  logger.warn("Error sending update to GSearch service (url=" + url
                          + ").  HTTP response code was " + code + ". "
                          + "Body of response from GSearch follows:\n"
                          + getString(response));
              }
          } catch (Exception e) {
              logger.warn("Error sending update to GSearch service via URL: " + url,
                       e);
          } finally {
              if (response != null) {
                  try {
                      response.close();
                  } catch (Exception e) {
                      logger.warn("Error closing GSearch response", e);
                  }
              }
          }
      }
docs: Performs the given HTTP request, logging a warning if we don't get a 200
  OK response.