code: public String sendGetRequest(String url) throws TheDavidBoxClientException {
  		// throws ClientProtocolException, IOException{
  
  		String response = "";
  
  		HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);
  
  		logger.debug("GET Request: " + url);
  
  		HttpResponse responseGet = null;
  		try {
  			responseGet = client.execute(get);
  		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
  			throw new TheDavidBoxClientException(e);
  		} catch (IOException e) {
  			throw new TheDavidBoxClientException(e);
  		}
  		HttpEntity resEntityGet = responseGet.getEntity();
  		if (resEntityGet != null) {
  			try {
  				response = EntityUtils.toString(resEntityGet);
  			} catch (ParseException e) {
  				throw new TheDavidBoxClientException(e);
  			} catch (IOException e) {
  				throw new TheDavidBoxClientException(e);
  			}
  			logger.debug("Get Response: " + response);
  		}
  		return response;
  	}
docs: {@inheritDoc}