svcc2013-FinagleHttpClient.scala

val host = "http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/"
val url = new URL(host)
val client = ClientBuilder()
  .codec(Http())
  .hosts(host) //there are more params you can set here
  .build()
val headers: Map[String, String] = ???
val method: Method = ??? // this is a org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod
val channelBuf: ChannelBuffer = ??? //this is a org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer
val req = RequestBuilder()
  .url(url)
  .addHeaders(headers)
  .build(method, Some(channelBuf))
val respFuture: Future[HttpResponse] = client.apply(req) //client.apply(req) returns a com.twitter.util.Future
//do things with the response future
respFuture.ensure {
  client.close()
}

taken from https://github.com/stackmob/newman/blob/master/src/main/scala/com/stackmob/newman/FinagleHttpClient.scala

not shown here - maintaining a cache of clients. see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/finaglers/newman/finaglers/UcLoULgFwBU/DC5hkc7CgIcJ. FinagleHttpClient doesn't yet do that either