ok, così funziona:
codice:
public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String strUrl = "https://httpbin.org/get";
            HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(strUrl);
            HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
            String json = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTf-8");
            JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(json);
            System.out.println(obj.get("url"));
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

}
garzie!