kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.io / java.net.URL Extensions for java.net.URL JVM 1.0 readBytes Reads the entire content of the URL as byte array. fun URL . readBytes ( ) : ByteArray JVM 1.0 readText Reads the entire content of this URL as a String using UTF-8 or the specified charset . fun URL . readText ( charset : Charset = Charsets.UTF_8 ) : String