Twilic (JS)

JavaScript/TypeScript bindings for twilic-rust with two backends:

• Node.js: N-API (twilic-napi)
• Browser/JS runtime: WebAssembly (twilic-wasm)

Integers decode as bigint by default (i64/u64 safe handling).

This release line targets the Twilic v2 wire format.

Requirements

• Node.js 24+
• Rust stable
• wasm-pack for WASM builds

Build

pnpm install
pnpm build

Build steps:

1. Build N-API addon (native/twilic_napi.node)
2. Build WASM package (wasm/pkg/*)
3. Build TypeScript output (dist/*)

Formatting and lint

pnpm fmt
pnpm fmt:check
pnpm lint
pnpm lint:fix

Test

pnpm test

What it validates:

• Rust bridge tests (test:rust)
• Node API tests (test:node) covering init, encode, decode, schema, batch, and session APIs
• TypeScript API usage against built output

Usage (Node)

import {
  encode,
  decode,
  createSessionEncoder,
  type TwilicValue,
} from "@twilic/core";

const value: TwilicValue = {
  id: 1001n,
  name: "alice",
  active: true,
};

const bytes = encode(value);
const roundtrip = decode(bytes);

const session = createSessionEncoder();
const first = session.encode(value);
const patch = session.encodePatch({ ...value, name: "alicia" });

Node.js picks the N-API backend automatically on first use. The default APIs already use the fastest benchmarked path for each operation, so you should not need to choose between transport JSON, compact JSON, or direct object modes.

Advanced APIs

If you need raw transport helpers, explicit schema encoding, or internal-format control, import the advanced entrypoint:

import {
  createSessionEncoder,
  encodeTransportJson,
  encodeWithSchema,
  toTransportJson,
} from "@twilic/core/advanced";

This entrypoint contains:

• transport JSON helpers
• compact JSON helpers
• direct object helpers
• schema encoding helpers
• full raw session encoder methods

Usage (Browser)

import { init, encode, decode } from "@twilic/core";

await init({ prefer: "wasm" });

const bytes = encode({ id: 1n, role: "admin" });
const value = decode(bytes);

Browser/WASM still requires explicit async initialization. If you want to pass a custom WASM source, use wasmInput with a value from your own asset pipeline (not from user-controlled input such as URL parameters):

await init({ prefer: "wasm", wasmInput: "/assets/twilic_wasm_bg.wasm" });

TypeScript types

Main exported types:

• TwilicValue
• WasmInput, InitOptions
• Schema, SchemaField
• SessionOptions

TwilicValue includes bigint and Uint8Array support:

type TwilicValue =
  | null
  | boolean
  | number
  | bigint
  | string
  | Uint8Array
  | TwilicValue[]
  | { [key: string]: TwilicValue };

Publish to npm

The package is configured for npm publish and ships build artifacts from dist/, native/, and wasm/pkg/.

Local dry run:

pnpm build
pnpm pack

GitHub Actions publish uses npm trusted publishing (OIDC)—no long-lived NPM_TOKEN secret.

One-time setup on npmjs.com: open the package → Settings → Trusted Publisher → GitHub Actions, then set Organization or user twilic, Repository twilic-js, and Workflow filename publish-npm.yml (exact name, including .yml). See also GitHub Actions OIDC.

Release steps:

1. Bump version in package.json.
2. Create and push matching tag v<version>.

Example:

git tag v0.1.0
git push origin v0.1.0

The workflow .github/workflows/publish-npm.yml verifies tag/version match and then runs npm publish (OIDC authentication via id-token: write).

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.