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ffi-rs

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A module written in Rust and N-APi provides interface (FFI) features for Node.js

Description

ffi-rs is a module written in Rust and N-API that provides FFI (Foreign Function Interface) features for Node.js. It allows developers to call functions written in other languages such as C++, C, and Rust directly from JavaScript without writing any C++ code.

This module aims to provide similar functionality to the node-ffi module, but with a completely rewritten underlying codebase. The node-ffi module has been unmaintained for several years and is no longer usable, which is why ffi-rs was developed.

benchmark

$ node bench/bench.js
Running "ffi" suite...
Progress: 100%

  ffi-napi:
    2 028 ops/s, ±4.87%     | slowest, 99.24% slower

  koffi:
    78 846 ops/s, ±13.74%    | 70.63% slower

  ffi-rs:
    268 468 ops/s, ±0.27%   | fastest

Finished 3 cases!
  Fastest: ffi-rs
  Slowest: ffi-napi

install

$ npm i ffi-rs

Support type

Currently, ffi-rs only supports there types of parameters and return values. However, support for more types will be added in the future based on actual usage scenarios.

• string
• i32(number)
• void(undefined)
• double
• boolean
• i32Array
• stringArray
• doubleArray
• object

Support Platform

• darwin-x64
• darwin-arm64
• linux-x64-gnu
• win32-x64-msvc
• linux-arm64-gnu
• linux-arm64-musl

Usage

Here is an example of how to use ffi-rs:

For below c++ code, we compile this file into a dynamic library

#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

extern "C" int sum(int a, int b) { return a + b; }

extern "C" double doubleSum(double a, double b) { return a + b; }

extern "C" const char *concatenateStrings(const char *str1, const char *str2) {
  std::string result = std::string(str1) + std::string(str2);
  char *cstr = new char[result.length() + 1];
  strcpy(cstr, result.c_str());
  return cstr;
}

extern "C" void noRet() { printf("%s", "hello world"); }


extern "C" int *createArrayi32(const int *arr, int size) {
  int *vec = (int *)malloc((size) * sizeof(int));

  for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    vec[i] = arr[i];
  }
  return vec;
}
extern "C" double *createArrayDouble(const double *arr, int size) {
  double *vec = (double *)malloc((size) * sizeof(double));
  for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    vec[i] = arr[i];
  }
  return vec;
}

extern "C" bool return_opposite(bool input) { return !input; }

extern "C" char **createArrayString(char **arr, int size) {
  char **vec = (char **)malloc((size) * sizeof(char *));
  for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    vec[i] = arr[i];
  }
  return vec;
}


typedef struct Person {
  const char *name;
  int age;
} Person;

extern "C" const Person *getStruct(const Person *person) {
  printf("Name: %s\n", person->name);
  printf("Age: %d\n", person->age);
  return person;
}

$ g++ -dynamiclib -o libsum.so cpp/sum.cpp # macos
$ g++ -shared -o libsum.so cpp/sum.cpp # linux
$ g++ -shared -o sum.dll cpp/sum.cpp # win

Then can use ffi-rs invoke the dynamic library file contains functions.

const { equal } = require('assert')
const { load, RetType, ParamsType, open, close } = require('ffi-rs')
const a = 1
const b = 100
const dynamicLib = platform === 'win32' ? './sum.dll' : "./libsum.so"
// first open dynamic library with key for close
// It only needs to be opened once.
open({
  library: 'libsum', // key
  path: dynamicLib // path
})
const r = load({
  library: "libsum", // path to the dynamic library file
  funcName: 'sum', // the name of the function to call
  retType: DataType.I32, // the return value type
  paramsType: [DataType.I32, DataType.I32], // the parameter types
  paramsValue: [a, b] // the actual parameter values
})
equal(r, a + b)
// release library memory when you're not using it.
close('libsum')

const c = "foo"
const d = c.repeat(200)

equal(c + d, load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'concatenateStrings',
  retType: DataType.String,
  paramsType: [DataType.String, DataType.String],
  paramsValue: [c, d]
}))

equal(undefined, load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'noRet',
  retType: DataType.Void,
  paramsType: [],
  paramsValue: []
}))


equal(1.1 + 2.2, load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'doubleSum',
  retType: DataType.Double,
  paramsType: [DataType.Double, DataType.Double],
  paramsValue: [1.1, 2.2]
}))

let bigArr = new Array(100).fill(100)
equal(bigArr[0], load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'createArrayi32',
  retType: DataType.I32Array,
  paramsType: [DataType.I32Array, DataType.I32],
  paramsValue: [bigArr, bigArr.length],
  retTypeLen: bigArr.length
})[0])

let bigDoubleArr = new Array(100).fill(1.1)
equal(bigDoubleArr[0], load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'createArrayDouble',
  retType: DataType.DoubleArray,
  paramsType: [DataType.DoubleArray, DataType.I32],
  paramsValue: [bigDoubleArr, bigDoubleArr.length],
  retTypeLen: bigDoubleArr.length
})[0])

let stringArr = [c, c.repeat(200)]
equal(stringArr[0], load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'createArrayString',
  retType: DataType.StringArray,
  paramsType: [DataType.StringArray, DataType.I32],
  paramsValue: [stringArr, stringArr.length],
  retTypeLen: stringArr.length
})[0])
const bool_val = true
equal(!bool_val, load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'return_opposite',
  retType: DataType.Boolean,
  paramsType: [DataType.Boolean],
  paramsValue: [bool_val],
}))

const person = {
  name: 'tom',
  age: 23,
}
const personObj = load({
  library: 'libsum',
  funcName: 'getStruct',
  retType: {
    name: DataType.String,
    age: DataType.I32,
  },
  paramsType: [{
    name: DataType.String,
    age: DataType.I32,
  }],
  paramsValue: [person]
})
equal(person.name, personObj.name)
equal(person.age, personObj.age)