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Enabling libcurl in WebAssembly via Websocket Proxy

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tambourine_man

10mo ago· 7 min readen

Summary

The article explains how to enable libcurl-based applications to function in WebAssembly by tunneling traffic through a websocket proxy, addressing the limited networking capabilities in WebAssembly. It highlights the challenges and solutions for porting R to WebAssembly, particularly for data science applications that rely on HTTP.

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Porting R to WebAssembly involves overcoming limited networking capabilities by tunneling traffic through a websocket proxy.
Data science applications heavily rely on HTTP, making the integration of libcurl in WebAssembly crucial.
The solution allows libcurl-based applications to work in WebAssembly without requiring changes to the original code.
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We explain how to make libcurl based applications work in webassembly without changes by tunneling all traffic over a websocket proxy.

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