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@cao-mei-you-ren/crypto-hash
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Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
Useful when you want the same hashing API in all environments. My cat calls it isomorphic.
In Node.js it uses node:crypto
, while in the browser it uses window.crypto
.
The browser version is only ~300 bytes minified & gzipped.
When used in the browser, it must be in a secure context (HTTPS).
This package is for modern browsers. Internet Explorer is not supported.
npm install crypto-hash
import {sha256} from 'crypto-hash';
console.log(await sha256('🦄'));
//=> '36bf255468003165652fe978eaaa8898e191664028475f83f506dabd95298efc'
Returns a Promise<string>
with a Hex-encoded hash.
In Node.js, the operation is executed using worker_threads
. A thread is lazily spawned on the first operation and lives until the end of the program execution. It's unref
ed, so it won't keep the process alive.
SHA-1 is insecure and should not be used for anything sensitive.
Type: string
ArrayBuffer
ArrayBufferView
Type: object
Type: string
Values: 'hex' | 'buffer'
Default: 'hex'
Setting this to buffer
makes it return an ArrayBuffer
instead of a string
.
FAQs
Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
The npm package @cao-mei-you-ren/crypto-hash receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, @cao-mei-you-ren/crypto-hash popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @cao-mei-you-ren/crypto-hash demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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