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scalaplayframeworkplayframework-2.0webrequest

making a GET request to a webservice from the playframework 2.0

I'm trying to call a webservice from the play framework, and I think I'm doing it wrong. I have an example call to http://www.myweather2.com/developer/forecast.ashx?uac=eDKGlpcBQN&query=52.6%2C-4.4&output=xml

A snippet from what I'm trying from the playframework is the following: 

val response = WS.url("http://www.myweather2.com/developer/forecast.ashx?uac=eDKGlpcBQN&query=52.6%2C-4.4&output=xml").get.get()
val body = response.getBody

When I call this, the body consists of "useraccount does not exist". When I just put this url in a browser, I get the response I'm looking for. What am I doing wrong here?

Solution

  • For some reason, I was getting WS from the wrong import. When I fixed the imports to import play.api.libs.ws.WS, it worked. I'm still amazed it worked halfway with the wrong import