How to build with WebAssembly

Explore how to create Functions using JavaScript and WebAssembly on Azion, including guide on wasmCode implementation for Edge Computing.

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Learn about the required process to create a function that uses a WebAssembly originated function.

  1. Access Azion Console > Functions.
  2. Click + Function.
  3. Choose a name for your function.
  4. Go to the Code tab.
  5. Copy and paste the following sample code to the code block:
async function handleRequest(request) {
// You can either retrieve your .wasm file through fetch, for instance :
// let wasmResponse = await fetch("http://somedomain/yourfile.wasm")
// or embed the binary in the code, as shown below.
const wasmCode = new Uint8Array([
0, 97, 115, 109, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 6, 1, 96, 1, 127, 1, 127, 3, 2, 1, 0, 7, 13, 1, 9, 105, 110, 99, 114, 101,
109, 101, 110, 116, 0, 0, 10, 9, 1, 7, 0, 32, 0, 65, 1, 106, 11,
]);
const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(wasmCode);
const wasmInstance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wasmModule);
const increment = wasmInstance.exports.increment;
let value = 0;
if (request.headers.has("value")) {
let number = request.headers.get("value");
if (!isNaN(number)) {
value = parseInt(number);
}
}
let incremented = increment(value);
return new Response(
"incrementing " + value + " we have " + incremented
);
}
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request));
});

The const wasmCode is the binary representation of the following WAT code:

(module
(type (;0;) (func (param i32) (result i32)))
(func (;0;) (type 0) (param i32) (result i32)
local.get 0
i32.const 1
i32.add)
(export “increment” (func 0)))

WAT is the textual representation of the Wasm binary format, used to enable WebAssembly to be read and edited by humans.

  1. Click the Save button.

Now, the function is ready to be instantiated in an application. Check how to instantiate and execute the functions in your application and try it out.

The expected output of the recently created function is similar to:

incrementing 0 we have 1