URL urlval = new URL(new URL(url), "",
                    new URLStreamHandler(){
                @Override
                protected URLConnection openConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
                  URL target = new URL(url.toString());
                  URLConnection connection = target.openConnection();
                  // Connection settings
                  connection.setConnectTimeout(seconds*1000);
                  connection.setReadTimeout(seconds*1000);
                  return(connection);
                }
              });