Doing HTTP request in Scala

Question

I am trying to issue a simple POST request to a webservice which returns some XML in Scala.

It seems that Dispatch is the standard library used for this task, but I

Answer 1

Another option is Typesafe's play-ws, which is the Play Framework WS library broken out as a standalone lib:

http://blog.devalias.net/post/89810672067/play-framework-seperated-ws-library

I wouldn't necessarily offer this as the best option, but worth mentioning.