The ripemd160 npm package is a JavaScript implementation of the RIPEMD-160 cryptographic hash function. It allows users to generate 160-bit hash values from input data. This hash function is commonly used for integrity checks, digital signatures, and other cryptographic operations.

What are ripemd160's main functionalities?

Hashing Data

This feature allows users to create a RIPEMD-160 hash of any given string or buffer. The example code demonstrates how to hash the string 'hello world' and output the result in hexadecimal format.

"use strict";\nconst ripemd160 = require('ripemd160');\nconst hash = new ripemd160().update('hello world').digest('hex');\nconsole.log(hash); // Outputs the RIPEMD-160 hash of 'hello world' in hexadecimal format

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ripemd160

Node style ripemd160 on pure JavaScript.

Example

var RIPEMD160 = require('ripemd160')

console.log(new RIPEMD160().update('42').digest('hex'))
// => 0df020ba32aa9b8b904471ff582ce6b579bf8bc8

var ripemd160stream = new RIPEMD160()
ripemd160stream.end('42')
console.log(ripemd160stream.read().toString('hex'))
// => 0df020ba32aa9b8b904471ff582ce6b579bf8bc8

LICENSE

MIT

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Last updated on 19 Apr 2018

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