Example: Using Play Framework's WS library standalone

build.sbt

name := "WS Standalone Example"

version := "1.0"

scalaVersion := "2.11.5"

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-ws" % "2.4.0-M2"
)

Play_WS_Standalone_HowTo.md

This gist provides a simple example of how to use Play's WS library in a standalone application (external to Play).

build.sbt - SBT build file that includes the WS library WSStandaloneTest.scala - A simple example that utilizes WS to invoke an HTTP GET request

WSStandaloneTest.scala

import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClientConfig
import play.api.libs.ws.ning._
import play.api.libs.ws._

// provide an execution context
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

object WSStandaloneTest {

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    // set up the client
    val config = new NingAsyncHttpClientConfigBuilder(DefaultWSClientConfig()).build
    val builder = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder(config)
    val client = new NingWSClient(builder.build)
    
    // execute a GET request
    val response = client.url("http://www.example.com").get

    // print the response body
    response.foreach(r => {
      println(r.body) 
      // not the best place to close the client, 
      // but it ensures we dont close the threads before the response arrives 
      // Good enough for the gist :-D
      client.close()
    })
  }
}