WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming()
The WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming()
function compiles
and instantiates a WebAssembly module directly from a streamed underlying source. This
is the most efficient, optimized way to load wasm code.
Syntax
WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(source, importObject)
Parameters
- source
-
A
Response
object or a promise that will fulfill with one, representing the underlying source of a .wasm module you want to stream, compile, and instantiate. - importObject Optional
-
An object containing the values to be imported into the newly-created
Instance
, such as functions orWebAssembly.Memory
objects. There must be one matching property for each declared import of the compiled module or else aWebAssembly.LinkError
is thrown.
Return value
A Promise
that resolves to a ResultObject
which contains two
fields:
-
module
: AWebAssembly.Module
object representing the compiled WebAssembly module. ThisModule
can be instantiated again or shared via postMessage(). -
instance
: AWebAssembly.Instance
object that contains all the Exported WebAssembly functions.
Exceptions
-
If either of the parameters are not of the correct type or structure, a
TypeError
is thrown. -
If the operation fails, the promise rejects with a
WebAssembly.CompileError
,WebAssembly.LinkError
, orWebAssembly.RuntimeError
, depending on the cause of the failure.
Examples
Instantiating streaming
The following example (see our instantiate-streaming.html
demo on GitHub, and view it live also)
directly streams a .wasm module from an underlying source then
compiles and instantiates it, the promise fulfilling with a ResultObject
.
Because the instantiateStreaming()
function accepts a promise for a Response
object, you can directly pass it a fetch()
call, and it will pass the response into the function when it fulfills.
var importObject = { imports: { imported_func: arg => console.log(arg) } };
WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch('simple.wasm'), importObject)
.then(obj => obj.instance.exports.exported_func());
The ResultObject
's instance member is then accessed, and the contained
exported function invoked.
Note: For this to work, .wasm
files should be returned
with an application/wasm
MIME type by the server.
Specifications
Specification |
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WebAssembly Web API # dom-webassembly-instantiatestreaming |
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