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Using the Haskell Host SDK

Check your installation

Please be sure you've installed Extism before continuing with this guide.

1. Install the Haskell library​

Add the dependency to your cabal file:

library
  build-depends: extism

2. Import the library and use the APIs​

Count Vowels Plugin

code.wasm in this example is our example plugin that counts vowels. If you want to run this, download it first and set the path:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extism/extism/main/wasm/code.wasm > code.wasm
Main.hs
module Main where

import Extism
import Extism.Manifest(manifest, wasmFile)

unwrap (Right x) = x
unwrap (Left (ErrorMessage msg)) = do
  error msg

main = do
  context <- Extism.newContext
  -- NOTE: if you encounter an error such as: 
  -- "Unable to load plugin: unknown import: wasi_snapshot_preview1::fd_write has not been defined"
  -- change `False` to `True` in the following function to provide WASI imports to your plugin.
  plugin <- unwrap <$> Extism.pluginFromManifest context (manifest [wasmFile "../wasm/code.wasm"]) False 
  res <- unwrap <$> Extism.call plugin "count_vowels" (Extism.toByteString "this is a test")
  putStrLn (Extism.fromByteString res)
  Extism.free plugin

Need help?​

If you've encountered a bug or think something is missing, please open an issue on the Extism GitHub repository.

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