Allow the shortcut to accept and return values of arbitrary types

[Scripter17]

I'm building a URL cleaner that takes a string and returns a string. Unfortunately the shortcut this app provides only allows number arguments and return values

The built-in "Set Variable" action proves that actions can take and return arbitrary types, so in theory this should be possible

[kateinoigakukun]

Unfortunately, it's not a simple problem. Wasm core spec does not have ABI for string representation and how to manage its buffer memory space. I think supporting Component Model, which defines higher-level types ABI, in Wasmic would improve the situation, but there is no fixed plan yet.

[Scripter17]

Now that I've had to endure updating my URL cleaner shortcut again, I'm putting a $100 USD bounty on just being able to return strings

Extra $20 if you can get HTTP to work without CORS being an issue but that's something I can work around

There's a separate ios app called Actions that I've also put a $100 bounty on WASM support on, and I want to clarify it's not a race. I will pay out both bounties if both you and Actions can return strings from WASM

[Scripter17]

Assuming WASM has some concept of an STDOUT even without WASI, would it be possible to add a toggle to the action to switch between returning the return value and returning the STDOUT?

It doesn't fix the lack of string inputs but I can manage that