code: public static Response get(String url, String username, String password) throws URISyntaxException, HttpException {
          return send(new HttpGet(url), new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password), null);
      }
docs: Performs an HTTP GET on the given URL
  
  @param url      The URL to connect to.
  @param username Credentials - username
  @param password Credentials - password
  @throws HttpException
  @throws URISyntaxException