Installation

AALI Shared Types is a Go module that provides type definitions for AALI services.

Import as Go Module

To use AALI Shared Types in your Go project, import it as a module dependency:

go get github.com/ansys/aali-sharedtypes

Using in Your Code

Import the packages you need:

import (
    "github.com/ansys/aali-sharedtypes/pkg/sharedtypes"
    "github.com/ansys/aali-sharedtypes/pkg/typeconverters"
)

Verify Installation

Create a simple test file to verify the import works:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/ansys/aali-sharedtypes/pkg/sharedtypes"
)

func main() {
    // Create a function definition
    funcDef := sharedtypes.FunctionDefinition{
        Name: "test-function",
        Type: "go",
    }

    fmt.Printf("Created function: %s\n", funcDef.Name)
}

Run the test:

go run main.go

Next Steps

Now that you have AALI Shared Types installed, learn how to add custom types for your FlowKit functions.