public static int getVoteCount(String cityName, int estimatedCost) {
        try {
            // Build the URL
            String urlString = "https://jsonmock.hackerrank.com/api/food_outlets?city=" + cityName + "&estimated_cost=" + estimatedCost;
            URL url = new URL(urlString);

            // Open a connection
            HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            con.setRequestMethod("GET");

            // Read the response
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
            String inputLine;
            StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
            while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                content.append(inputLine);
            }
            in.close();

            // Parse JSON response manually
            String response = content.toString();

            // Check if data array is empty
            if (response.contains("\"data\":[]")) {
                return -1;
            }

            // Regex to find votes
            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\"votes\":(\\d+)");
            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(response);
            int totalVotes = 0;
            while (matcher.find()) {
                totalVotes += Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1));
            }

            return totalVotes;

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return -1;
        }
    }