Interactive debugging in Scala Play

Start with:

sbt console. At prompt, enter:

scala>

import java.io.File


import play.api._

import play.api.Play


val application = new DefaultApplication(new File("."), this.getClass.getClassLoader, None, Mode.Dev)

Play.start(application)

import play.api.Play.current


Play context becomes available on the console:

scala> conf.Global.esClient.search("mazda")
EmbeddedESServer.search: Setting future
res6: String = {"took":218,"timed_out":false,"_shards":{"total":5,"successful":5,"failed":0},"hits":{"total":246,"max_score":null,"hits":[{"_shard":0,"_node":"qffjZhZWTqObiZaTqQB7WA","_index":"twitter","_type":"tweet","_id":"523156744353370112","_score":null,"_source":{"filter_level":"medium","retweeted":false,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"possibly_sensitive":false,"truncated":false,"lang":"en","in_reply_to_status_id_str":null,"id":523156744353370112,"in_reply_to_user_id_str":null,"timestamp_ms":"1413565262298","in_reply_to_status_id":null,"created_at":"Fri Oct 17 17:01:02 +0000 2014","favorite_count":0,"place":null,"coordinates":null,"text":"New Mazda MX-5 - exclusive studio pictures http://t.co/mqUhp8Wf2w","contributors":null,"geo":null,"entities":{"trends":[],"symbols":[],"urls":[{

Also may use:

new play.core.StaticApplication(new java.io.File("."))