private byte[] fetchRemoteFile(String location) throws Exception {
  URL url = new URL(location);
  InputStream is = null;
  byte[] bytes = null;
  try {
    is = url.openStream ();
    bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(is);
  } catch (IOException e) {
    //handle errors
  }
  finally {
    if (is != null) is.close();
  }
  return bytes;
}