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Version: 1.x

HTTP Blobstore

This is a Rust Wasm example that serves HTTP requests to store and retrieve files from a linked blobstore.

Prerequisites​

  • cargo 1.75
  • wash 0.26.0

Building​

First, build and sign this component using wash:

bash
wash build

Next you'll need a compatible blobstore capability provider. You can use the blobstore-fs capability provider, simply navigate to that folder and run the following commands to build and package the provider:

bash
cargo build --release
wash par create \
    --capid wasmcloud:blobstore \
    --vendor wasmcloud \
    --name blobstore-fs \
    --binary ../target/release/blobstore_fs \
    --compress

Running with wasmCloud​

Ensuring you've built your component with wash build, you can launch wasmCloud and deploy the full blobstore application with the following commands. Once the application reports as Deployed in the application list, you can use curl to send a request to the running HTTP server.

shell
wash up -d
wash app deploy ./wadm.yaml
wash app get
curl http://localhost:8000

Where are the Files coming from?​

For each HTTP request that you send this component, it will retrieve the number of objects that are in your /tmp/<component_id> folder. The component ID used is based on the public key of the component that we automatically generate for you, which you can find by inspecting the component:

bash
wash inspect ./build/http_blobstore_s.wasm
bash
➜ wash inspect ./build/http_blobstore_s.wasm
                           http-blobstore - Component
  Account         ACDYADNIGBP3CHAXB2BITGZY74QPPJIWA2XHXMGXNKRSBPTC2FQPX422
  # The 56 character key starting with `M` is your component ID
  Component           MC6I62ZMZGOSLG4WONRNAKUYXN6GOCCVBWOPL5QNIXG5JP4Y6ADM6NK5
  Expires                                                            never
  ...

Using the example above, you can list the files for this component by running:

ls /tmp/MC6I62ZMZGOSLG4WONRNAKUYXN6GOCCVBWOPL5QNIXG5JP4Y6ADM6NK5

If you're looking to extend this example to read, write, or list files, you can simply place them in the temporary directory above so that your component can access them.