This article goes through the process of creating and validating JWT’s (JSON web tokens) using Scala.

Our implementation uses the awesome io.jsonwebtoken library, and can be added to a sbt project like this:

1libraryDependencies ++= Seq( …

This article shows how to make remote requests to services using Scala and the Play-Framework. It documents some recommended features that can improve the reliability of the request.

Setup

Make sure you add the following dependency to build.sbt …