Rust

Build WebAssembly plugins using Rust. Rust provides excellent WebAssembly support with cargo-component and native WASI Preview 2 tooling.

Setup

Install Rust and WASM Target

# Install Rust
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env

# Add WASM target
rustup target add wasm32-wasip2

# Install cargo-component
cargo install cargo-component

# Create a new Rust plugin
noorle plugin new my-rust-plugin --lang rust
cd my-rust-plugin

Project Structure

my-rust-plugin/
├── src/
│   ├── lib.rs               # Entry point
│   ├── tools.rs             # Tool implementations
│   └── utils.rs             # Utilities
├── Cargo.toml               # Dependencies
├── noorle.yaml              # Plugin config
├── world.wit                # Component interface
├── .env
└── README.md

Define Tools

Export functions as plugin tools.

Simple Functions

// src/lib.rs
pub fn greet(name: &str) -> String {
    format!("Hello, {}!", name)
}

pub fn add(a: f64, b: f64) -> f64 {
    a + b
}

pub fn multiply(a: f64, b: f64) -> f64 {
    a * b
}

Complex Types

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Item {
    pub id: String,
    pub name: String,
    pub count: i32,
}

pub fn process_items(
    items: Vec<Item>,
    config: std::collections::HashMap<String, String>,
) -> Vec<Item> {
    let prefix = config.get("prefix").cloned().unwrap_or_default();
    items
        .into_iter()
        .map(|mut item| {
            item.name = format!("{}{}", prefix, item.name);
            item
        })
        .collect()
}

pub fn search_items(query: &str, limit: i32) -> Vec<Item> {
    let limit = std::cmp::min(limit.max(0), 100) as usize;
    (0..limit)
        .map(|i| Item {
            id: i.to_string(),
            name: format!("{}_{}", query, i),
            count: (i + 1) as i32,
        })
        .collect()
}

Structured Data

Use serde for JSON serialization:

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct User {
    pub id: String,
    pub name: String,
    pub email: String,
    pub active: bool,
}

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Result<T> {
    pub success: bool,
    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
    pub data: Option<T>,
    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
    pub error: Option<String>,
}

pub fn validate_user(user: User) -> Result<User> {
    if !user.email.contains("@") {
        return Result {
            success: false,
            data: None,
            error: Some("Invalid email".to_string()),
        };
    }

    Result {
        success: true,
        data: Some(user),
        error: None,
    }
}

File I/O

Access filesystem via standard library.

use std::fs;
use std::path::Path;

pub fn read_config() -> Result<String, String> {
    fs::read_to_string("/allowed/path/config.json")
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
}

pub fn write_cache(key: &str, value: &str) -> Result<bool, String> {
    let cache_dir = std::env::var("CACHE_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/cache".to_string());
    let path = Path::new(&cache_dir).join(format!("{}.txt", key));

    fs::write(&path, value)
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;

    Ok(true)
}

pub fn list_files(directory: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
    let entries = fs::read_dir(directory)
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;

    let files: Result<Vec<String>, String> = entries
        .filter_map(|entry| {
            entry.ok().and_then(|e| {
                e.file_type().ok().and_then(|ft| {
                    if ft.is_file() {
                        e.file_name().into_string().ok()
                    } else {
                        None
                    }
                })
            })
        })
        .map(Ok)
        .collect();

    files
}

Configure Permissions

In noorle.yaml:

permissions:
  filesystem:
    allow:
      - uri: "fs://cache/**"
        access: [read, write]
      - uri: "fs://config/**"
        access: [read]

  environment:
    allow:
      - key: "CACHE_DIR"

Environment Variables

Access configuration via std::env:

pub fn get_api_credentials() -> std::collections::HashMap<String, String> {
    let mut creds = std::collections::HashMap::new();
    creds.insert(
        "api_key".to_string(),
        std::env::var("API_KEY").unwrap_or_default(),
    );
    creds.insert(
        "api_secret".to_string(),
        std::env::var("API_SECRET").unwrap_or_default(),
    );
    creds
}

pub fn get_database_url() -> String {
    std::env::var("DATABASE_URL")
        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "sqlite:///:memory:".to_string())
}

Configure in .env:

API_KEY=sk-1234567890
API_SECRET=secret-value
DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mydb

Network Access

Make HTTP requests via standard library or libraries.

Using reqwest (Rust standard)

pub async fn fetch_data(url: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let body = client.get(url)
        .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5))
        .send()
        .await?
        .text()
        .await?;
    Ok(body)
}

pub async fn post_json(
    url: &str,
    data: serde_json::Value,
) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let response = client.post(url)
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&data)
        .send()
        .await?
        .text()
        .await?;
    Ok(response)
}

Add to Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
serde_json = "1.0"

Configure network permissions:

permissions:
  network:
    allow:
      - host: "api.example.com"
      - host: "*.github.com"

Dependencies

Cargo.toml

[package]
name = "my-rust-plugin"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1.0"
reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4"] }

[lib]
crate-type = ["cdylib"]

[profile.release]
opt-level = "z"
lto = true
strip = true

Add Dependencies

cargo add serde --features derive
cargo add serde_json
cargo add reqwest --features json
noorle plugin build

Size Optimization

[profile.release]
opt-level = "z"        # Optimize for size
lto = true             # Link-time optimization
codegen-units = 1      # Better optimization
strip = true           # Strip symbols

Typical Rust plugin size: 500KB - 2MB

Error Handling

Return structured errors:

use thiserror::Error;

#[derive(Error, Debug, Serialize)]
pub enum PluginError {
    #[error("invalid input: {0}")]
    InvalidInput(String),

    #[error("network error: {0}")]
    NetworkError(String),

    #[error("io error: {0}")]
    IoError(String),
}

pub fn safe_operation(input: &str) -> Result<String, PluginError> {
    if input.is_empty() {
        return Err(PluginError::InvalidInput("Empty input".to_string()));
    }

    Ok(process(input)?)
}

fn process(input: &str) -> Result<String, PluginError> {
    if input.is_empty() {
        return Err(PluginError::InvalidInput("Expected input".to_string()));
    }
    Ok(input.to_uppercase())
}

Testing

Test locally before uploading.

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_greet() {
        assert_eq!(greet("Alice"), "Hello, Alice!");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_add() {
        assert_eq!(add(2.0, 3.0), 5.0);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_process_items() {
        let items = vec![Item {
            id: "1".to_string(),
            name: "test".to_string(),
            count: 5,
        }];

        let mut config = std::collections::HashMap::new();
        config.insert("prefix".to_string(), "new_".to_string());

        let result = process_items(items, config);
        assert_eq!(result[0].name, "new_test");
    }
}

Run tests:

cargo test

Building and Deploying

Build

noorle plugin build

# Output:
# ✓ Building plugin...
# ✓ Compiling Rust to WebAssembly
# ✓ Creating my-rust-plugin.npack (780KB)

Upload

noorle plugin push --api-key YOUR_KEY

# Output:
# ✓ Uploading plugin...
# ✓ Plugin ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
# ✓ Active version: v1
# ✓ Tools: greet, add, processItems

Best Practices

Input Validation

pub fn validate_email(email: &str) -> Result<(), Vec<String>> {
    let mut errors = Vec::new();

    if email.is_empty() {
        errors.push("Email cannot be empty".to_string());
    }

    if !email.contains('@') {
        errors.push("Email must contain @".to_string());
    }

    if email.len() > 255 {
        errors.push("Email too long".to_string());
    }

    if errors.is_empty() {
        Ok(())
    } else {
        Err(errors)
    }
}

Logging

pub fn log(message: &str, level: &str) {
    eprintln!("[{}] {}", level, message);
}

pub fn my_tool(input: &str) -> String {
    log(&format!("Processing: {}", input), "INFO");
    let result = process(input);
    log("Completed", "DEBUG");
    result
}

Documentation

/// Transform input text.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `text` - The text to transform
/// * `uppercase` - Convert to uppercase if true
/// * `trim` - Remove whitespace if true
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// assert_eq!(transform_text("hello", true, true), "HELLO");
/// ```
pub fn transform_text(text: &str, uppercase: bool, trim: bool) -> String {
    let mut result = text.to_string();
    if trim {
        result = result.trim().to_string();
    }
    if uppercase {
        result = result.to_uppercase();
    }
    result
}

Example: Complete Plugin

// src/lib.rs
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
pub struct WeatherData {
    pub city: String,
    pub temp: f64,
    pub description: String,
}

pub async fn get_weather(city: &str, units: &str) -> Result<WeatherData, String> {
    let api_key = std::env::var("OPENWEATHER_API_KEY")
        .map_err(|_| "API key not configured".to_string())?;

    let url = format!(
        "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q={}&appid={}&units={}",
        city, api_key, units
    );

    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let response: serde_json::Value = client
        .get(&url)
        .send()
        .await
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
        .json()
        .await
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;

    Ok(WeatherData {
        city: response["name"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string(),
        temp: response["main"]["temp"].as_f64().unwrap_or(0.0),
        description: response["weather"][0]["description"]
            .as_str()
            .unwrap_or("")
            .to_string(),
    })
}

Troubleshooting

Build fails - “Target not found”:

rustup target add wasm32-wasip2

Large WASM binary (>5MB):

Review dependencies
Use cargo-bloat to analyze
Enable release optimizations

Async runtime issues:

TinyGo/WASI have limited async support
Use tokio 1.0+ with WASI target
Consider blocking alternatives for simple cases

Getting Started

Plugin Development

Language Guides

Deployment

Setup

Install Rust and WASM Target

Project Structure

Define Tools

Simple Functions

Complex Types

Structured Data

File I/O

Configure Permissions

Environment Variables

Network Access

Using reqwest (Rust standard)

Dependencies

Cargo.toml

Add Dependencies

Size Optimization

Error Handling

Testing

Building and Deploying

Build

Upload

Best Practices

Input Validation

Logging

Documentation

Example: Complete Plugin

Troubleshooting

Next Steps

​Setup

​Install Rust and WASM Target

​Project Structure

​Define Tools

​Simple Functions

​Complex Types

​Structured Data

​File I/O

​Configure Permissions

​Environment Variables

​Network Access

​Using reqwest (Rust standard)

​Dependencies

​Cargo.toml

​Add Dependencies

​Size Optimization

​Error Handling

​Testing

​Building and Deploying

​Build

​Upload

​Best Practices

​Input Validation

​Logging

​Documentation

​Example: Complete Plugin

​Troubleshooting

​Next Steps

Setup

Install Rust and WASM Target

Project Structure

Define Tools

Simple Functions

Complex Types

Structured Data

File I/O

Configure Permissions

Environment Variables

Network Access

Using reqwest (Rust standard)

Dependencies

Cargo.toml

Add Dependencies

Size Optimization

Error Handling

Testing

Building and Deploying

Build

Upload

Best Practices

Input Validation

Logging

Documentation

Example: Complete Plugin

Troubleshooting

Next Steps