Little example of powerful JSON parsing in Scala

parseJson.scala

import scala.io.Source
import scala.util.parsing.json._

object Main
{
	/*
	** FLICKR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
	*/
	def getFlickrInfosJson( content:String ) = {
		val rawJson = content.split("\n")
		  .filter( _.contains("modelExport: ") )
		  .mkString.trim

		val cleanJson = rawJson.slice( 13, rawJson.length-1 )
		//EQUIVALENT TO: rawJson.drop(13).take(rawJson.length-1)

		cleanJson
	}


	/*
	** JSON GETTING FUNCTIONS
	*/
	def getUrlContent( url:String ) = Source.fromURL( url ).mkString

	def jsonOptionToMap( json:Option[Any] ) = json match {
		case Some(e)	=> e.asInstanceOf[ Map[Any,Any] ]
		case _		=> Map[Any,Any]()
	}


	/*
	** MAIN
	*/
	def main( av:Array[String] ) = {

		val content	= getUrlContent( "https://www.flickr.com/photos/batmanta" )
		val jsonStr	= getFlickrInfosJson( content )
		val jsonOpt	= JSON.parseFull( jsonStr )
		val jsonMap	= jsonOptionToMap( jsonOpt )

		//show what we got
		val mapKeys	= jsonMap.keys
		val keysStr	= mapKeys.mkString( "Keys list: [\t\n\t", ",\n\t", "\n]" )
		println( keysStr )

		mapKeys.foreach {
			e => {
				println( "\n\u001b[96m"+ e +"\u001b[0m:" )
				println(jsonMap(e))
			}
		}

	}
}