Nice simple Akka IO HTTP Client by @patriknw

SimpleAkkaIoHttpClient.scala

import akka.actor._
  import java.net.InetSocketAddress
  import akka.util.ByteString

  class SimpleClient(destAddress: InetSocketAddress) extends Actor {

    val socket = IOManager(context.system) connect (destAddress)

    val state = IO.IterateeRef.sync()

    def receive = {

      case IO.Connected(`socket`, address) ⇒ 
        println("Connected")
        socket.asWritable write ByteString("GET / HTTP/1.1\n")
        socket.asWritable write ByteString("host: " + destAddress.getHostName + "\n\n")

      case IO.Read(`socket`, bytes) ⇒
        println("Read: " + bytes.utf8String)

      case IO.Closed(`socket`, cause) ⇒
        println("Closed")
        state(cause)        
    }

    override def postStop {
      socket.close()
      state(IO EOF)
    }
  }


  val client = system.actorOf(Props(new SimpleClient(new InetSocketAddress("www.sunet.se", 80))))