Google Custom Search REST API

Hi, I am trying to consume the google custom search REST API with the following java code. I get an exception that says "bad request". What am I doing wrong? Here is the google api documentation I have been following: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/getting_started

Thanks in advance.

package googlerest;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.io.*;

public class GoogleREST {

/**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        try {
            String result = httpGet("https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=API_KEY&cx=SEARCHENGINE_UNIQUEID");
            System.out.println(result);
        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
        
    }
    
    public static String httpGet(String urlStr) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlStr);
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        
        if(conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
            throw new IOException(conn.getResponseMessage());
        }
        
        BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        while((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line);
        }
        rd.close();
        conn.disconnect();
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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Just to make sure: You're passing in the actual values for the "key" and "cx" parameters, not the dummy values you posted, correct?

Yes, I am passing in the values provided to me by google.

I figured it out, I did not have the query string argument "q="