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Implementation

First, we need to add the new endpoint to the routes file, as follows:

# Login
POST    /v1/login    controllers.WebServices.login

With this new entry, Play reacts to the POST action and calls the login method of the Webservices class.

The implementation of this login method is as follows:

  def login() = Action { request =>
    request.body.asText match {
      case None => BadRequest
      case Some(user) => Ok.withSession("user" -> user)
    }
  }

If a body with the username is present, the OK status is returned, with a new session cookie. The username is added in the cookie, with the user key, and can be retrieved on a subsequent request.

Run APISpec again; the login test should now be green.