WebAssembly / WebAssembly/WASI
libcurl for networking (not just HTTP) in WASI
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Description
curl is used everywhere, and supports many protocols: HTTP, HTTP/2, even HTTP/3 already but also LDAP, SMTP, SFTP, SMB... all the possible features and options of these protocols are available.
curl has a generic, very stable interface for all these protocols. It can be blocking or non-blocking. Wrappers for many programming languages exist. curl developer works at Mozilla.
WASI cannot do networking at the moment. Has curl integration in WASI been considered?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the WASI networking status and the feasibility of integrating libcurl, including its non-HTTP protocols and blocking or non-blocking interface. The issue names no files, entry points, or tests, and does not define a concrete acceptance criterion; done would require an agreed design and implementation scope.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100