YQL from scala

scalaYQL.scala

import scalaj.http.{HttpOptions, Http}

def YQL3(query: String) = {
    val url = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql"

        Future {
            blocking {
              Http(url).params("format" -> "xml", "q" -> query)
                  .option(HttpOptions.connTimeout(5000))   //Optional: yql can take a long time for response
                  .option(HttpOptions.readTimeout(10000)).asString
            }
         }

}