An example to simulate a network call

NetworkCallExample.scala

import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}

class NetworkCallExample {

  implicit val ec: ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

  private def getResponseFromServer(url: String): Future[Int] = {
    Future {
      Thread.sleep(5000)
      10
    }
  }

  // Dummy method to simulate a network call
  def statusOfSomeOtherResponse(url: String): Future[Int] = {
    println("Sending out request to some other url")
    Future {
      Thread.sleep(1000)
      200
    }
  }

  //Another dummy call
  def lengthOfTheResponse(url: String): Future[Int] = {
    println("Sending out request asynchronously to the server")
    getResponseFromServer(url)
  }
}