Access Lucet from REST/Web Server? about lucet

[jedisct1]

Hi!

Lucet requires WebAssembly code as an input. Languages such as Zig, C and Rust can be used to cross-compile an application to WebAssembly.

Lucet can then transform that WebAssembly code into a shared library, to be used with its own runtime. It is not designed to run in a web browser, but on a server.

Most web browsers can directly execute WebAssembly code. No extra runtime needed! However, the set of available tools and APIs is quite different in both contexts.

Lucet is just a runtime. It doesn't expose any REST-like interface nor "server less" features. The provided command-line tool can only synchronously execute a single module, and the underlying library only the runtime, on top of which you should build your own application.

If you are looking for "serverless-like software that can run functions", you may want to take a look at faasm, assemblylift, atmo, or (by far the easiest option to start with) wasm-joey.