How to use Play WS with SSL?

Question

My Java client application needs to do REST calls. I was instructed to use Play\'s WS implementation. Currently, I have this:

AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder build         


        

Answer 1

You want to use the parser. See https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.3.x/KeyStores for details about the configuration.

val config = play.api.Configuration(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
                              |trustManager = {
                              |  stores = [
                              |    { type: "pkcs12", path: "/path/to/pkcs12/file", password: "foo" }
                              |  ]
                              |}
                            """.stripMargin))
val parser = new DefaultSSLConfigParser(config, app.classloader)
val sslConfig = parser.parse()

val clientConfig = new DefaultWSClientConfig(sslConfig = sslConfig)
val secureDefaults = new NingAsyncHttpClientConfigBuilder(clientConfig).build()
val builder = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder(secureDefaults)
val wsc = new play.libs.ws.ning.NingWSClient(builder.build());
val holder = wsc.url("http://www.simpleweb.org/");