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# Wasmer Runtime C API
[Wasmer] is a standalone WebAssembly runtime for running WebAssembly [outside of the browser](https://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/), supporting [WASI](https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI) and [Emscripten](https://emscripten.org/).
The Wasmer Runtime C API exposes a C and a C++ API to interact
with the Wasmer Runtime, so you can use WebAssembly anywhere.
[Wasmer]: https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer
[WebAssembly]: https://webassembly.org/
# Usage
The shared object files and the headers will
be automatically available **inside the Wasmer installed path**.
> Please check the following docs to see how to [install Wasmer in your system](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer#1-install-wasmer).
The C ([`wasmer.h`][wasmer_h]) and C++ ([`wasmer.hh`][wasmer_hh]) header
files can be found in the Wasmer `include` directory:
```bash
wasmer config --includedir
```
The runtime shared libraries (`.so`, `.dylib`, `.dll`) can be found in the Wasmer
`lib` directory:
```bash
wasmer config --libdir
```
> Note: You can also download the libraries or header files directly
from [Wasmer release page].
The full C API documentation can be found here:
https://wasmerio.github.io/wasmer/c-api/
Here is a simple example to use the C API:
```c
#include <stdio.h>
#include "wasmer.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdint.h>
int main()
{
// Read the Wasm file bytes.
FILE *file = fopen("sum.wasm", "r");
fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
long len = ftell(file);
uint8_t *bytes = malloc(len);
fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
fread(bytes, 1, len, file);
fclose(file);
// Prepare the imports.
wasmer_import_t imports[] = {};
// Instantiate!
wasmer_instance_t *instance = NULL;
wasmer_result_t instantiation_result = wasmer_instantiate(&instance, bytes, len, imports, 0);
assert(instantiation_result == WASMER_OK);
// Let's call a function.
// Start by preparing the arguments.
// Value of argument #1 is `7i32`.
wasmer_value_t argument_one;
argument_one.tag = WASM_I32;
argument_one.value.I32 = 7;
// Value of argument #2 is `8i32`.
wasmer_value_t argument_two;
argument_two.tag = WASM_I32;
argument_two.value.I32 = 8;
// Prepare the arguments.
wasmer_value_t arguments[] = {argument_one, argument_two};
// Prepare the return value.
wasmer_value_t result_one;
wasmer_value_t results[] = {result_one};
// Call the `sum` function with the prepared arguments and the return value.
wasmer_result_t call_result = wasmer_instance_call(instance, "sum", arguments, 2, results, 1);
// Let's display the result.
printf("Call result: %d\n", call_result);
printf("Result: %d\n", results[0].value.I32);
// `sum(7, 8) == 15`.
assert(results[0].value.I32 == 15);
assert(call_result == WASMER_OK);
wasmer_instance_destroy(instance);
return 0;
}
```
# Examples
You can check more examples of how to use the Wasmer C API here:
https://docs.wasmer.io/integrations/c/examples
## pkg-config
The Wasmer binary ships with an utility tool that outputs config
in the `pkg-config` format.
You can use it like:
```bash
wasmer config --pkg-config > $PKG_CONFIG_PATH/wasmer.pc
```
# License
Wasmer is primarily distributed under the terms of the [MIT
license][mit-license] ([LICENSE][license]).
[wasmer_h]: https://wasmerio.github.io/wasmer/c-api/wasmer_8h.html
[wasmer_hh]: https://wasmerio.github.io/wasmer/c-api/wasmer_8hh.html
[mit-license]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
[license]: https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/blob/master/LICENSE
[Wasmer release page]: https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/releases