Scala is very much a there's-more-than-one-way-to-do-it language, which is why there's no official JSON library or HTTP client. Moreover, most of the big suppo

Scala is very much a there's-more-than-one-way-to-do-it language, which is why there's no official JSON library or HTTP client. Moreover, most of the big support behind Scala comes from the Java world where you're expected to pull these things in with your framework rather than from the stdlib. Using Play? You've got a JSON processor and HTTP client right there. Spray provided the same. So did Lift. Why provide the batteries when no one can agree on what they should be? Rapture is probably the closest to what you're looking for but it's still in its early days. http://rapture.io http://rapture.io