Ignore SSL certificate in Apache HttpClient 4.5.x using Scala

HttpCreator.scala

object HttpCreator {

  def createHttpClientAcceptsUntrustedCerts(cookieStore: CookieStore): CloseableHttpClient = {

    val httpClient: CloseableHttpClient = {
      val trustStrategy = new TrustStrategy {
        override def isTrusted(x509Certificates: Array[X509Certificate], s: String): Boolean = true
      }
      val sslContext = new SSLContextBuilder().loadTrustMaterial(null, trustStrategy).build()
      val sslSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, new NoopHostnameVerifier)
      val socketFactoryRegistry =
        RegistryBuilder.create[ConnectionSocketFactory]()
          .register("http", PlainConnectionSocketFactory.getSocketFactory)
          .register("https", sslSocketFactory)
          .build()
      val connectionManager = new BasicHttpClientConnectionManager(socketFactoryRegistry)
      HttpClients.custom()
        .disableRedirectHandling()
        .setSSLContext(sslContext)
        .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
        .setDefaultCookieStore(cookieStore)
        .build()
    }

    httpClient

  }
}