Simple and concise HTTP client library for Scala

Question

I need a mature HTTP client library that is idiomatic to scala, concise in usage, simple semantics. I looked at the Apache HTTP and the Scala Dispatch and numerous new libra

Answer 1

Surprised that no one mentioned finagle here. It is super simple to use:

import com.twitter.finagle.{Http, Service}
import com.twitter.finagle.http
import com.twitter.util.{Await, Future}

object Client extends App {
  val client: Service[http.Request, http.Response] = Http.newService("www.scala-lang.org:80")
  val request = http.Request(http.Method.Get, "/")
  request.host = "www.scala-lang.org"
  val response: Future[http.Response] = client(request)
  Await.result(response.onSuccess { rep: http.Response =>
    println("GET success: " + rep)
  })
}

See quick start guid for more detail: https://twitter.github.io/finagle/guide/Quickstart.html