@smithy/hash-node

What is @smithy/hash-node?

@smithy/hash-node is an npm package designed to provide hashing utilities for Node.js applications. It is part of the Smithy framework, which is used for building SDKs and other tools. This package offers functionalities to create hash digests using various algorithms.

What are @smithy/hash-node's main functionalities?

Creating SHA-256 Hash

This feature allows you to create a SHA-256 hash of a given input string. The code sample demonstrates how to initialize a SHA-256 hash, update it with a string, and then get the hexadecimal digest of the hash.

const { Hash } = require('@smithy/hash-node');
const hash = new Hash('sha256');
hash.update('Hello, World!');
const digest = hash.digest('hex');
console.log(digest);

Creating MD5 Hash

This feature allows you to create an MD5 hash of a given input string. The code sample shows how to initialize an MD5 hash, update it with a string, and then get the hexadecimal digest of the hash.

const { Hash } = require('@smithy/hash-node');
const hash = new Hash('md5');
hash.update('Hello, World!');
const digest = hash.digest('hex');
console.log(digest);

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README

@smithy/md5-node

An internal package

Usage

You probably shouldn't, at least directly.