case class Project(name: String, description: String)

  def getScalaProjects: Seq[JsValue] = {

    val url = "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=scala"
    val gitScalaRepos = Source.fromURL(url).getLines

    val gitJSON = Try(Json.parse(gitScalaRepos.get mkString "n")) match {
      case Success(json) => json
      case Failure(f) => throw new AppException("Could not parse JSON.")
    }

    implicit val projectReads: Reads[Project] = (
      (JsPath  "name").read[String] and
      (JsPath  "description").read[String]
    )(Project.apply _)

    for {
      i <- 0 until 5
      p = (gitJSON  "items")(i).validate[Project]
      p match {
        case s: JsSuccess[Project] => s.get
        case e: JsError => throw new AppException("Could not parse JSON: " +
            JsError.toFlatJson(e).toString())
      }
    } yield p

}