Add native 2+ arg RPC support and wire a concrete TestMultiArgCommand through server, generated clients, and CLI

cmd/wsh/cmd/wshcmd-test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/wshrpc/wshclient"
 )
 
 var testCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -20,5 +21,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func runTestCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	rtn, err := wshclient.TestMultiArgCommand(RpcClient, "testarg", 42, true, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	WriteStdout("%s\n", rtn)
 	return nil
 }

frontend/app/store/wshclientapi.ts

@@ -757,6 +757,11 @@ class RpcApiType {
         return client.wshRpcCall("test", data, opts);
     }
 
+    // command "testmultiarg" [call]
+    TestMultiArgCommand(client: WshClient, arg1: string, arg2: number, arg3: boolean, opts?: RpcOpts): Promise<string> {
+        return client.wshRpcCall("testmultiarg", { args: [arg1, arg2, arg3] }, opts);
+    }
+
     // command "vdomasyncinitiation" [call]
     VDomAsyncInitiationCommand(client: WshClient, data: VDomAsyncInitiationRequest, opts?: RpcOpts): Promise<void> {
         return client.wshRpcCall("vdomasyncinitiation", data, opts);

pkg/gogen/gogen.go

@@ -75,12 +75,7 @@ func GenerateMetaMapConsts(buf *strings.Builder, constPrefix string, rtype refle
 
 func GenMethod_Call(buf *strings.Builder, methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "// command %q, wshserver.%s\n", methodDecl.Command, methodDecl.MethodName)
-	var dataType string
-	dataVarName := "nil"
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		dataType = ", data " + methodDecl.CommandDataType.String()
-		dataVarName = "data"
-	}
+	dataType, dataVarName := getWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl)
 	returnType := "error"
 	respName := "_"
 	tParamVal := "any"
@@ -101,12 +96,7 @@ func GenMethod_Call(buf *strings.Builder, methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl) {
 
 func GenMethod_ResponseStream(buf *strings.Builder, methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "// command %q, wshserver.%s\n", methodDecl.Command, methodDecl.MethodName)
-	var dataType string
-	dataVarName := "nil"
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		dataType = ", data " + methodDecl.CommandDataType.String()
-		dataVarName = "data"
-	}
+	dataType, dataVarName := getWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl)
 	respType := "any"
 	if methodDecl.DefaultResponseDataType != nil {
 		respType = methodDecl.DefaultResponseDataType.String()
@@ -115,3 +105,27 @@ func GenMethod_ResponseStream(buf *strings.Builder, methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMet
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\treturn sendRpcRequestResponseStreamHelper[%s](w, %q, %s, opts)\n", respType, methodDecl.Command, dataVarName)
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "}\n\n")
 }
+
+func getWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl) (string, string) {
+	dataTypes := methodDecl.GetCommandDataTypes()
+	if len(dataTypes) == 0 {
+		return "", "nil"
+	}
+	if len(dataTypes) == 1 {
+		return ", data " + dataTypes[0].String(), "data"
+	}
+	var paramBuilder strings.Builder
+	var argBuilder strings.Builder
+	for idx, dataType := range dataTypes {
+		argName := fmt.Sprintf("arg%d", idx+1)
+		paramBuilder.WriteString(", ")
+		paramBuilder.WriteString(argName)
+		paramBuilder.WriteString(" ")
+		paramBuilder.WriteString(dataType.String())
+		if idx > 0 {
+			argBuilder.WriteString(", ")
+		}
+		argBuilder.WriteString(argName)
+	}
+	return paramBuilder.String(), fmt.Sprintf("wshrpc.MultiArg{Args: []any{%s}}", argBuilder.String())
+}

pkg/gogen/gogen_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package gogen
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/wshrpc"
+)
+
+func TestGetWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr_MultiArg(t *testing.T) {
+	methodDecl := &wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl{
+		CommandDataTypes: []reflect.Type{
+			reflect.TypeOf(""),
+			reflect.TypeOf(0),
+		},
+	}
+	params, expr := getWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl)
+	if params != ", arg1 string, arg2 int" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected params: %q", params)
+	}
+	if expr != "wshrpc.MultiArg{Args: []any{arg1, arg2}}" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected expr: %q", expr)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenMethodCall_MultiArg(t *testing.T) {
+	methodDecl := &wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl{
+		Command:          "test",
+		CommandType:      wshrpc.RpcType_Call,
+		MethodName:       "TestCommand",
+		CommandDataTypes: []reflect.Type{reflect.TypeOf(""), reflect.TypeOf(0)},
+	}
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	GenMethod_Call(&sb, methodDecl)
+	out := sb.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "func TestCommand(w *wshutil.WshRpc, arg1 string, arg2 int, opts *wshrpc.RpcOpts) error {") {
+		t.Fatalf("generated method missing multi-arg signature:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "sendRpcRequestCallHelper[any](w, \"test\", wshrpc.MultiArg{Args: []any{arg1, arg2}}, opts)") {
+		t.Fatalf("generated method missing MultiArg payload:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}

pkg/tsgen/tsgen.go

@@ -464,16 +464,12 @@ func generateWshClientApiMethod_ResponseStream(methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDe
 	if methodDecl.DefaultResponseDataType != nil {
 		respType, _ = TypeToTSType(methodDecl.DefaultResponseDataType, tsTypesMap)
 	}
-	dataName := "null"
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		dataName = "data"
-	}
+	methodSigDataParams, dataName := getTsWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl, tsTypesMap)
 	genRespType := fmt.Sprintf("AsyncGenerator<%s, void, boolean>", respType)
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		cmdDataTsName, _ := TypeToTSType(methodDecl.CommandDataType, tsTypesMap)
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("	%s(client: WshClient, data: %s, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, cmdDataTsName, genRespType))
-	} else {
+	if methodSigDataParams == "" {
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("	%s(client: WshClient, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, genRespType))
+	} else {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("	%s(client: WshClient, %s, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, methodSigDataParams, genRespType))
 	}
 	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("        return client.wshRpcStream(%q, %s, opts);\n", methodDecl.Command, dataName))
 	sb.WriteString("    }\n")
@@ -488,22 +484,42 @@ func generateWshClientApiMethod_Call(methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl, tsType
 		rtnTypeName, _ := TypeToTSType(methodDecl.DefaultResponseDataType, tsTypesMap)
 		rtnType = fmt.Sprintf("Promise<%s>", rtnTypeName)
 	}
-	dataName := "null"
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		dataName = "data"
-	}
-	if methodDecl.CommandDataType != nil {
-		cmdDataTsName, _ := TypeToTSType(methodDecl.CommandDataType, tsTypesMap)
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("    %s(client: WshClient, data: %s, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, cmdDataTsName, rtnType))
-	} else {
+	methodSigDataParams, dataName := getTsWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl, tsTypesMap)
+	if methodSigDataParams == "" {
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("    %s(client: WshClient, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, rtnType))
+	} else {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("    %s(client: WshClient, %s, opts?: RpcOpts): %s {\n", methodDecl.MethodName, methodSigDataParams, rtnType))
 	}
 	methodBody := fmt.Sprintf("        return client.wshRpcCall(%q, %s, opts);\n", methodDecl.Command, dataName)
 	sb.WriteString(methodBody)
 	sb.WriteString("    }\n")
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
+func getTsWshMethodDataParamsAndExpr(methodDecl *wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl, tsTypesMap map[reflect.Type]string) (string, string) {
+	dataTypes := methodDecl.GetCommandDataTypes()
+	if len(dataTypes) == 0 {
+		return "", "null"
+	}
+	if len(dataTypes) == 1 {
+		cmdDataTsName, _ := TypeToTSType(dataTypes[0], tsTypesMap)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("data: %s", cmdDataTsName), "data"
+	}
+	var methodParamBuilder strings.Builder
+	var argBuilder strings.Builder
+	for idx, dataType := range dataTypes {
+		if idx > 0 {
+			methodParamBuilder.WriteString(", ")
+			argBuilder.WriteString(", ")
+		}
+		argName := fmt.Sprintf("arg%d", idx+1)
+		cmdDataTsName, _ := TypeToTSType(dataType, tsTypesMap)
+		methodParamBuilder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", argName, cmdDataTsName))
+		argBuilder.WriteString(argName)
+	}
+	return methodParamBuilder.String(), fmt.Sprintf("{ args: [%s] }", argBuilder.String())
+}
+
 func GenerateWaveObjTypes(tsTypesMap map[reflect.Type]string) {
 	for _, typeUnion := range TypeUnions {
 		GenerateTSTypeUnion(typeUnion, tsTypesMap)

pkg/tsgen/tsgen_wshclientapi_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package tsgen
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/wshrpc"
+)
+
+func TestGenerateWshClientApiMethodCall_MultiArg(t *testing.T) {
+	methodDecl := &wshrpc.WshRpcMethodDecl{
+		Command:          "test",
+		CommandType:      wshrpc.RpcType_Call,
+		MethodName:       "TestCommand",
+		CommandDataTypes: []reflect.Type{reflect.TypeOf(""), reflect.TypeOf(0)},
+	}
+	out := GenerateWshClientApiMethod(methodDecl, map[reflect.Type]string{})
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "TestCommand(client: WshClient, arg1: string, arg2: number, opts?: RpcOpts): Promise<void> {") {
+		t.Fatalf("generated method missing multi-arg signature:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "return client.wshRpcCall(\"test\", { args: [arg1, arg2] }, opts);") {
+		t.Fatalf("generated method missing MultiArg payload:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}

pkg/wshrpc/wshclient/wshclient.go

@@ -908,6 +908,12 @@ func TestCommand(w *wshutil.WshRpc, data string, opts *wshrpc.RpcOpts) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// command "testmultiarg", wshserver.TestMultiArgCommand
+func TestMultiArgCommand(w *wshutil.WshRpc, arg1 string, arg2 int, arg3 bool, opts *wshrpc.RpcOpts) (string, error) {
+	resp, err := sendRpcRequestCallHelper[string](w, "testmultiarg", wshrpc.MultiArg{Args: []any{arg1, arg2, arg3}}, opts)
+	return resp, err
+}
+
 // command "vdomasyncinitiation", wshserver.VDomAsyncInitiationCommand
 func VDomAsyncInitiationCommand(w *wshutil.WshRpc, data vdom.VDomAsyncInitiationRequest, opts *wshrpc.RpcOpts) error {
 	_, err := sendRpcRequestCallHelper[any](w, "vdomasyncinitiation", data, opts)

pkg/wshrpc/wshrpcmeta.go

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ type WshRpcMethodDecl struct {
 	Command                 string
 	CommandType             string
 	MethodName              string
-	CommandDataType         reflect.Type
+	CommandDataTypes        []reflect.Type
 	DefaultResponseDataType reflect.Type
 }
 
+func (decl *WshRpcMethodDecl) GetCommandDataTypes() []reflect.Type {
+	return decl.CommandDataTypes
+}
+
 var contextRType = reflect.TypeOf((*context.Context)(nil)).Elem()
 var wshRpcInterfaceRType = reflect.TypeOf((*WshRpcInterface)(nil)).Elem()
 
@@ -75,11 +79,11 @@ func generateWshCommandDecl(method reflect.Method) *WshRpcMethodDecl {
 	decl.Command = strings.ToLower(cmdStr)
 	decl.CommandType = getWshCommandType(method)
 	decl.MethodName = method.Name
-	var cdataType reflect.Type
-	if method.Type.NumIn() > 1 {
-		cdataType = method.Type.In(1)
+	var cdataTypes []reflect.Type
+	for idx := 1; idx < method.Type.NumIn(); idx++ {
+		cdataTypes = append(cdataTypes, method.Type.In(idx))
 	}
-	decl.CommandDataType = cdataType
+	decl.CommandDataTypes = cdataTypes
 	decl.DefaultResponseDataType = getWshMethodResponseType(decl.CommandType, method)
 	return decl
 }

pkg/wshrpc/wshrpcmeta_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package wshrpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type testRpcInterfaceForDecls interface {
+	NoArgCommand(ctx context.Context) error
+	OneArgCommand(ctx context.Context, data string) error
+	TwoArgCommand(ctx context.Context, arg1 string, arg2 int) error
+}
+
+func TestGenerateWshCommandDecl_MultiArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	rtype := reflect.TypeOf((*testRpcInterfaceForDecls)(nil)).Elem()
+	method, ok := rtype.MethodByName("TwoArgCommand")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("TwoArgCommand method not found")
+	}
+	decl := generateWshCommandDecl(method)
+	if decl.Command != "twoarg" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected command twoarg, got %q", decl.Command)
+	}
+	if len(decl.CommandDataTypes) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 command data types, got %d", len(decl.CommandDataTypes))
+	}
+	if decl.CommandDataTypes[0].Kind() != reflect.String || decl.CommandDataTypes[1].Kind() != reflect.Int {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected command data types: %#v", decl.CommandDataTypes)
+	}
+	if len(decl.GetCommandDataTypes()) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected helper to return two command data types")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerateWshCommandDeclMap_TestMultiArgCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	decl := GenerateWshCommandDeclMap()["testmultiarg"]
+	if decl == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected testmultiarg command declaration")
+	}
+	if decl.MethodName != "TestMultiArgCommand" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected TestMultiArgCommand method name, got %q", decl.MethodName)
+	}
+	if len(decl.GetCommandDataTypes()) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 command args, got %d", len(decl.GetCommandDataTypes()))
+	}
+}

pkg/wshrpc/wshrpctypes.go

@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ type RespOrErrorUnion[T any] struct {
 	Error    error
 }
 
+type MultiArg struct {
+	Args []any `json:"args"`
+}
+
 // Instructions for adding a new RPC call
 // * methods must end with Command
 // * methods must take context as their first parameter
-// * methods may take up to one parameter, and may return either just an error, or one return value plus an error
+// * methods may take additional typed parameters, and may return either just an error, or one return value plus an error
 // * after modifying WshRpcInterface, run `task generate` to regnerate bindings
 
 type WshRpcInterface interface {
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ type WshRpcInterface interface {
 	StreamWaveAiCommand(ctx context.Context, request WaveAIStreamRequest) chan RespOrErrorUnion[WaveAIPacketType]
 	StreamCpuDataCommand(ctx context.Context, request CpuDataRequest) chan RespOrErrorUnion[TimeSeriesData]
 	TestCommand(ctx context.Context, data string) error
+	TestMultiArgCommand(ctx context.Context, arg1 string, arg2 int, arg3 bool) (string, error)
 	SetConfigCommand(ctx context.Context, data MetaSettingsType) error
 	SetConnectionsConfigCommand(ctx context.Context, data ConnConfigRequest) error
 	GetFullConfigCommand(ctx context.Context) (wconfig.FullConfigType, error)
@@ -895,13 +900,13 @@ type BlockJobStatusData struct {
 }
 
 type FocusedBlockData struct {
-	BlockId                     string               `json:"blockid"`
-	ViewType                    string               `json:"viewtype"`
-	Controller                  string               `json:"controller"`
-	ConnName                    string               `json:"connname"`
-	BlockMeta                   waveobj.MetaMapType  `json:"blockmeta"`
-	TermJobStatus               *BlockJobStatusData  `json:"termjobstatus,omitempty"`
-	ConnStatus                  *ConnStatus          `json:"connstatus,omitempty"`
-	TermShellIntegrationStatus  string               `json:"termshellintegrationstatus,omitempty"`
-	TermLastCommand             string               `json:"termlastcommand,omitempty"`
+	BlockId                    string              `json:"blockid"`
+	ViewType                   string              `json:"viewtype"`
+	Controller                 string              `json:"controller"`
+	ConnName                   string              `json:"connname"`
+	BlockMeta                  waveobj.MetaMapType `json:"blockmeta"`
+	TermJobStatus              *BlockJobStatusData `json:"termjobstatus,omitempty"`
+	ConnStatus                 *ConnStatus         `json:"connstatus,omitempty"`
+	TermShellIntegrationStatus string              `json:"termshellintegrationstatus,omitempty"`
+	TermLastCommand            string              `json:"termlastcommand,omitempty"`
 }

pkg/wshrpc/wshserver/wshserver.go

@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ func (ws *WshServer) TestCommand(ctx context.Context, data string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (ws *WshServer) TestMultiArgCommand(ctx context.Context, arg1 string, arg2 int, arg3 bool) (string, error) {
+	defer func() {
+		panichandler.PanicHandler("TestMultiArgCommand", recover())
+	}()
+	rpcSource := wshutil.GetRpcSourceFromContext(ctx)
+	rtn := fmt.Sprintf("src:%s arg1:%q arg2:%d arg3:%t", rpcSource, arg1, arg2, arg3)
+	log.Printf("TESTMULTI %s\n", rtn)
+	return rtn, nil
+}
+
 // for testing
 func (ws *WshServer) MessageCommand(ctx context.Context, data wshrpc.CommandMessageData) error {
 	log.Printf("MESSAGE: %s\n", data.Message)