Dispatch

attr_headers.scala

url(urlString) 
  >\ "ISO-8859-1" //set the charset
  <:< (Map("Accept-Language" -> "fr-BE" )) //set some headers
  gzip //encode the response in archived gzip is accepted

executor.scala

import dispatch._
val http = new Http
http(:/("localhost", 7474) / "db" / "data") //ok now what to do with the result... here come the Handlers

handlers.scala

val h = new Html
h(url(urlString) >| ) // the simpler, it ignores the content

h(url(urlString) <> { xml => //do something with xml } ) // this handler converts to xml

h(url(urlString) >- { txt => //do something with txt } ) // this handler converts to txt

methods.scala

url(urlString) POST

url(urlString) PUT

url(urlString) DELETE

url(urlString) HEAD

payload.scala

url(urlString) << (bodyAsStringOrTupleOfStrings) // Two "less than"s will POST with the body as payload

url(urlString) <<< (bodyAsStringOrTupleOfStrings) // Three "less than"s will PUT with the body as payload

url(urlString) <<? (tupleOfStrings) // the payload will be generated as query parameters

url.scala

:/("dispatch.databinder.net", 80) / "URLs+and+Paths" //note that the port can be omitted

url("http://dispatch.databinder.net/URLs+and+Paths") // pretty simple, if the root is already a path