QuickJS WASM Library

This library provides a WebAssembly wrapper around the QuickJS JavaScript engine, allowing you to run JavaScript code in an isolated environment with bidirectional communication between the host and the sandboxed JavaScript.

Features

• Run JavaScript code in a sandboxed environment
• Compile JavaScript to bytecode for faster execution
• Load and execute bytecode
• Call JavaScript functions from the host
• Call host functions from JavaScript
• Support for asynchronous JavaScript code and Promises
• Access JavaScript objects and properties

Basic Usage

Creating a QuickJS Instance

import { createQuickJS } from "./quickjs.js";

// Create a QuickJS instance
const quickjs = await createQuickJS();

Evaluating JavaScript

// Evaluate JavaScript code directly
const result = quickjs.evalSource("42;"); // returns 42

Compiling and Running Bytecode

// Compile JavaScript to bytecode
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode("42;");

// Execute bytecode
const result = quickjs.evalByteCode(bytecode); // returns 42

Working with Modules

Compiling and Loading Modules

// Compile a module to bytecode
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode(
  `
  export function getNumber() {
    return 42;
  }
`,
  "math.js",
);

// Load the module
const mod = quickjs.loadByteCode(bytecode);

// Call a function from the module
const result = quickjs.callModFunction(mod, "getNumber"); // returns 42

Working with Promises

Evaluating Async JavaScript

// Compile an async function
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode(
  `
  export async function test() {
    const result = await new Promise(resolve => resolve(883));
    return result;
  }
`,
  "test.js",
);

// Load the module
const mod = quickjs.loadByteCode(bytecode);

// Call the async function
const promise = quickjs.callModFunction(mod, "test");

// Get the result of the promise
const result = quickjs.getPromiseResult(promise); // returns 883

Interacting with Host Functions

Calling Host Functions from JavaScript

// Register a host function
quickjs.hostFunctions["sleep"] = async (params) => {
  const duration = quickjs.getObjectPropertyValue(params, "duration");
  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, duration));
  return quickjs.allocateJSstring(`Slept for ${duration} ms`);
};

// Compile JavaScript that calls the host function
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode(
  `
  export async function test() {
    const result = await env.callHostAsync({ function_name: "sleep", duration: 500 });
    return result;
  }
`,
  "test.js",
);

// Load and call the function
const mod = quickjs.loadByteCode(bytecode);
const promise = quickjs.callModFunction(mod, "test");

// Wait for any pending async operations to complete
await quickjs.waitForPendingAsyncInvocations();

// Get the result
const result = quickjs.getPromiseResult(promise); // "Slept for 500 ms"

API Reference

Core Functions

• createQuickJS(): Creates a new QuickJS instance
• evalSource(code, filename?): Evaluates JavaScript code
• compileToByteCode(code, filename?): Compiles JavaScript code to bytecode
• evalByteCode(bytecode): Executes bytecode
• loadByteCode(bytecode): Loads a module from bytecode
• callModFunction(module, functionName, args?): Calls a function in a module

Promise Handling

• getPromiseResult(promise): Gets the result of a settled promise
• waitForPendingAsyncInvocations(): Waits for all pending async operations to complete

Object Manipulation

• getObjectPropertyValue(object, propertyName): Gets a property value from a JavaScript object
• allocateJSstring(string): Creates a JavaScript string in the QuickJS environment

Host Function Integration

• hostFunctions: Object to register functions that can be called from JavaScript via env.callHostAsync()

Examples

Basic Example

const quickjs = await createQuickJS();
const result = quickjs.evalSource("40 + 2"); // returns 42

Module Example

const quickjs = await createQuickJS();
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode(`
  export function greet(name) {
    return "Hello, " + name + "!";
  }
`);
const mod = quickjs.loadByteCode(bytecode);
const greeting = quickjs.callModFunction(mod, "greet", ["World"]); // returns "Hello, World!"

Async Example with Host Functions

const quickjs = await createQuickJS();

// Register a host function
quickjs.hostFunctions["fetchData"] = async (params) => {
  const url = quickjs.getObjectPropertyValue(params, "url");
  const response = await fetch(url);
  const data = await response.json();
  return quickjs.allocateJSstring(JSON.stringify(data));
};

// Create and run code that uses the host function
const bytecode = quickjs.compileToByteCode(`
  export async function getData() {
    const data = await env.callHostAsync({ 
      function_name: "fetchData", 
      url: "https://api.example.com/data" 
    });
    return JSON.parse(data);
  }
`);

const mod = quickjs.loadByteCode(bytecode);
const promise = quickjs.callModFunction(mod, "getData");
await quickjs.waitForPendingAsyncInvocations();
const result = quickjs.getPromiseResult(promise);