Add npm package with WASM + TypeScript wrapper

Ship gnata WASM as an npm package (gnata-js) for browser consumption.
Same Go evaluator as backend services, for expression parity.

- npm/: TypeScript package with jsonata()-compatible API
- scripts/build-npm.sh: builds WASM + TS in one step
- .github/workflows/publish-npm.yml: publishes on tag via OIDC

Made-with: Cursor

Author: MickeyShnaiderman-RecoLabs

.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml

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+name: Publish NPM
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install latest npm (required for trusted publishing)
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+
+      - name: Build WASM and TypeScript
+        run: bash scripts/build-npm.sh
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        working-directory: npm
+        run: npm publish

.gitignore

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 *.wasm
 .secret
 .DS_Store
+
+# npm package build artifacts
+npm/dist/
+npm/node_modules/

README.md

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   <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/recolabs/gnata"><img src="https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/recolabs/gnata.svg" alt="Go Reference" /></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/RecoLabs/gnata/blob/main/go.mod"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/RecoLabs/gnata" alt="Go version" /></a>
   <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="MIT License" /></a>
+  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/gnata-js"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/gnata-js" alt="npm version" /></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">

npm/README.md

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+# gnata-js
+
+Browser [JSONata](https://jsonata.org) evaluation via [gnata](https://github.com/RecoLabs/gnata) WebAssembly. Runs the same Go evaluator used by backend services in the browser for expression parity — not a performance optimization over the `jsonata` npm package.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+npm install gnata-js
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { jsonata } from 'gnata-js';
+
+const result = await jsonata('Account.Order.Product.Price').evaluate({
+  Account: {
+    Order: [
+      { Product: { Price: 34.45 } },
+      { Product: { Price: 21.67 } },
+    ],
+  },
+});
+// [34.45, 21.67]
+```
+
+## Asset Setup
+
+The package ships `gnata.wasm` and `wasm_exec.js` in `node_modules/gnata-js/wasm/`. Copy them so your web server serves them at `/wasm/`:
+
+```javascript
+// rspack / webpack
+new CopyPlugin({
+  patterns: [{ from: 'node_modules/gnata-js/wasm', to: 'wasm' }],
+});
+```
+
+Override paths with `configure()` if needed:
+
+```typescript
+import { jsonata, configure } from 'gnata-js';
+configure({ wasmUrl: '/assets/gnata.wasm', execJsUrl: '/assets/wasm_exec.js' });
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT

npm/package-lock.json

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+{
+  "name": "gnata-js",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "Browser JSONata via gnata WASM for backend parity, not a performance optimization",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/RecoLabs/gnata.git",
+    "directory": "npm"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "module": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/index.js"
+    },
+    "./wasm/*": "./wasm/*"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist/",
+    "wasm/gnata.wasm",
+    "wasm/wasm_exec.js"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^5.8.0"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "jsonata",
+    "wasm",
+    "webassembly",
+    "gnata",
+    "json",
+    "query",
+    "transformation"
+  ]
+}

npm/package.json

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+import type { GnataConfig } from './types.js';
+import { initGnata, gnataEval } from './loader.js';
+
+export type { GnataConfig } from './types.js';
+
+const defaultConfig: GnataConfig = {
+  wasmUrl: '/wasm/gnata.wasm',
+  execJsUrl: '/wasm/wasm_exec.js',
+};
+
+let config: GnataConfig = { ...defaultConfig };
+
+/**
+ * Override the default asset URLs for WASM and wasm_exec.js.
+ *
+ * Call before the first `jsonata()` evaluation if your assets are
+ * served from a non-default path.
+ */
+export function configure(overrides: Partial<GnataConfig>): void {
+  config = { ...config, ...overrides };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Evaluate a JSONata expression against data using gnata WASM.
+ *
+ * API-compatible with the `jsonata` npm package's default export:
+ * `jsonata(expr).evaluate(data)`.
+ */
+export function jsonata(expression: string): {
+  evaluate(data: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
+} {
+  return {
+    async evaluate(data: unknown) {
+      await initGnata(config);
+      return gnataEval(expression, data);
+    },
+  };
+}

npm/src/index.ts

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+import type { GnataConfig } from './types.js';
+
+let wasmReady = false;
+let loadingPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
+
+function loadScript(src: string): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const script = document.createElement('script');
+    script.src = src;
+    script.onload = () => resolve();
+    script.onerror = () => reject(new Error(`Failed to load ${src}`));
+    document.head.appendChild(script);
+  });
+}
+
+export async function initGnata(config: GnataConfig): Promise<void> {
+  if (wasmReady) return;
+  if (loadingPromise) return loadingPromise;
+
+  loadingPromise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      if (typeof Go === 'undefined') {
+        await loadScript(config.execJsUrl);
+      }
+
+      const go = new Go();
+      const resp = await fetch(config.wasmUrl);
+      if (!resp.ok) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to fetch gnata.wasm: ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      const result = await WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(
+        resp,
+        go.importObject,
+      );
+      go.run(result.instance).catch((err: unknown) => {
+        console.error('gnata WASM runtime exited unexpectedly:', err);
+        wasmReady = false;
+        loadingPromise = null;
+      });
+      wasmReady = true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      loadingPromise = null;
+      throw err instanceof Error
+        ? err
+        : new Error(`gnata init failed: ${String(err)}`);
+    }
+  })();
+
+  return loadingPromise;
+}
+
+function unwrapWasm<T>(result: T | Error): T {
+  if (result instanceof Error) throw result;
+  return result;
+}
+
+export function gnataEval(expression: string, data: unknown): unknown {
+  const jsonData = data != null ? JSON.stringify(data) : '';
+  const raw = unwrapWasm(_gnataEval(expression, jsonData));
+  // gnata returns "" for undefined (non-matching paths) and "null" for
+  // actual JSON null. This preserves the jsonata npm semantic where
+  // non-matching expressions return undefined.
+  if (raw === '') return undefined;
+  return JSON.parse(raw);
+}

npm/src/loader.ts

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+declare global {
+  class Go {
+    importObject: WebAssembly.Imports;
+    run(instance: WebAssembly.Instance): Promise<void>;
+  }
+
+  // Raw WASM exports registered by gnata's Go main() on the global object.
+  // See wasm/main.go for the Go-side definitions.
+  function _gnataEval(expr: string, jsonData: string): string | Error;
+  function _gnataCompile(expr: string): number | Error;
+  function _gnataEvalHandle(
+    handle: number,
+    jsonData: string,
+  ): string | Error;
+  function _gnataReleaseHandle(handle: number): undefined | Error;
+}
+
+export interface GnataConfig {
+  wasmUrl: string;
+  execJsUrl: string;
+}

npm/src/types.ts

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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "ES2020",
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "lib": ["ES2020", "DOM"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["dist", "node_modules"]
+}