verbalcode Actor

This project implements an actor that returns a greeting.

Upon receiving an http request, the actor returns "Hello World". The response can be customized by adding an http query parameter 'name'. For example, if the http server is running on localhost port 8000, the command

curl "localhost:8000/?name=Alice"

returns "Hello Alice".

The implementation

To respond to http requests, the actor must implement the httpResponse method of the HttpServer interface interface.

The implementation is in the file src/lib.rs

See it in action

• To compile the actor and generate a signed Webassembly module, type make.
• To load and start the actor you'll need to have a running OCI-compatible registry. Check that REG_URL setting in Makefile is correct, and run make push and make start to push the actor to the registry and start the actor. Alternately, you can load and start the actor from the host's web ui. When prompted for the path, select build/verbalcode_s.wasm.

The actor must be linked with an HttpServer capability provider with the contract id wasmcloud:httpserver. You can start the provider (TODO: need registry url and more specific instructions here)

Your actor can be invoked from a terminal command-line or from a web browser. The following examples assume the http server is listening on localhost port 8000.

In a terminal

curl localhost:8000

curl "localhost:8000/?name=Alice"

(note the quotes in the second example)

In a browser

visit the url "http://localhost:8000" or "http://localhost:8000/?name=Alice"

Using the included Github Actions

If you store your source code on Github, we've gone ahead and included two actions: build.yml and release.yml under .github/workflows. The build action will automatically build, lint, and check formatting for your actor. The release action will automatically release a new version of your actor whenever code is pushed to main, or when you push a tag with the form vX.Y.Z.

These actions require 3 secrets

1. WASH_ISSUER_KEY, which can be generated with wash keys gen issuer, then look for the 58 character Seed value
2. WASH_SUBJECT_KEY, which can be generated with wash keys gen module, then look for the 58 character Seed value
3. WASMCLOUD_PAT, which can be created by following the Github PAT instructions and ensuring the write:packages permission is enabled