Play 2.5.x - example of simple standalone WSClient

play-ws-standalone.scala

import play.api.libs.ws.ahc.AhcWSClient
import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
import akka.actor.ActorSystem

implicit val system = ActorSystem()
implicit val materializer = ActorMaterializer()
val ws = AhcWSClient()

val req = ws.url("http://example.com").get().map{
  resp => resp.body
}(system.dispatcher)

// after all futures completed...
ws.close()