RPC

Turn any function into an API! This lets you call a function in Val Town without manually handling a Request or Response object.

This val can be used as a replacement for the Run API, which implicitly did something similar.

This is how you can expose a function as an API:

1. Create an HTTP handler val
2. Import this val
3. Call rpc with your function as an argument

Here's an example from @std/rpc_example:

Create val
import { rpc } from "https://esm.town/v/std/rpc?v=6";

export const rpc_example = rpc(async (a: number, b: number) => {
  return a + b;
});

And here is how you do it for one of your already existing private val, say floobie,

Create val
import { rpc } from "https://esm.town/v/std/rpc?v=6";
import { floobie } from "https://esm.town/v/stevekrouse/floobie";

export const rpced_floobie = rpc(floobie, true);

You can invoke that function from your client or your local machine with an HTTP request. You can either use a GET or a POST request, passing arguments in the query parameters or the body respectively. Make sure your val's privacy is set to Unlisted or Public.

GET request

Create val
const res = await fetch("https://std-rpc_example.web.val.run/?args=[2,3]");
console.log(await res.json()); // 5

POST request

Create val
const res = await fetch("https://std-rpc_example.web.val.run/", {
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify({ args: [2, 3] })
});
console.log(await res.json()); // 5