http-handler-hono

HTTP Handler with Hono in TypeScript

This project template is a WebAssembly component built with TypeScript that demonstrates a comprehensive HTTP handler using the Hono web framework, making requests against a simulated database.

To bridge Hono's API and WebAssembly primitives, this component makes use of the @bytecodealliance/jco-std adapter (which translates Hono API to wasi:http/incoming-handler primitives).

This project also uses rolldown to transpile Typescript and bundle dependencies (like Hono) with our WebAssembly component code into a single dist/component.js build output.

Prerequisites

• Wasm Shell (wash)
• Node Package Manager (npm)
• Node.js runtime

Local development

Use wash new to scaffold a new wasmCloud component project:

wash new https://github.com/wasmCloud/typescript.git --name http-handler-hono --subfolder templates/http-handler-hono

cd http-handler-hono

To build this project and run in a hot-reloading development loop, run npm run dev from this directory:

npm run dev

Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/	GET	API information and available endpoints
/health	GET	Health check with timestamp and request ID
/html	GET	HTML response example
/redirect	GET	Redirect example (redirects to /)
/api/items	GET	List all items (supports filtering and pagination)
/api/items	POST	Create a new item
/api/items/:id	GET	Get a single item by ID
/api/items/:id	PUT	Update an item
/api/items/:id	DELETE	Delete an item
/api/echo	GET	Echo query parameters and headers
/api/echo	POST	Echo request body

Features

Middleware

The handler demonstrates several Hono middleware patterns:

• CORS - Cross-origin resource sharing enabled for all origins
• Request logging - All requests are logged with timing information
• Response timing - X-Response-Time header added to all responses
• Request ID tracking - Unique X-Request-Id header for request tracing

RESTful CRUD API

# List all items (with optional filtering and pagination)
curl http://localhost:8000/api/items
curl 'http://localhost:8000/api/items?name=sample'
curl 'http://localhost:8000/api/items?limit=5&offset=0'

# Get a single item
curl http://localhost:8000/api/items/1

# Create a new item
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/items \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"New Item","description":"Item description"}'

# Update an item
curl -X PUT http://localhost:8000/api/items/1 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Updated Name"}'

# Delete an item
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8000/api/items/1

Echo Endpoints

Useful for testing and debugging:

# Echo query parameters and headers
curl 'http://localhost:8000/api/echo?foo=bar&test=123'

# Echo POST body
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/echo \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message":"hello"}'

Error Handling

The handler includes comprehensive error handling:

• HTTPException for structured error responses
• Custom 404 handler with helpful error messages
• Global error handler for unexpected errors

Build Wasm binary

npm run build

WIT Interfaces

This component exports the following WIT interfaces:

world typescript-http-handler-hono {
  export wasi:http/incoming-handler@0.2.3;
}