The sha.js npm package is a module that provides cryptographic hash functions, specifically SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) family functions. It allows for the generation of hash values from input data, which is a common requirement in various security contexts, such as password hashing, data integrity checks, and digital signatures.

What are sha.js's main functionalities?

SHA-256 Hash Generation

This feature allows for the generation of SHA-256 hash values from input strings. The code sample demonstrates how to create a SHA-256 hash of the string 'hello world' and output it in hexadecimal format.

"use strict";\nconst sha256 = require('sha.js').sha256;\nconst hash = new sha256().update('hello world').digest('hex');\nconsole.log(hash);

SHA-512 Hash Generation

This feature enables the creation of SHA-512 hash values. The provided code sample shows how to generate a SHA-512 hash for the input 'hello world' and print the result in hex format.

"use strict";\nconst sha512 = require('sha.js').sha512;\nconst hash = new sha512().update('hello world').digest('hex');\nconsole.log(hash);

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sha.js

Streamable SHA1 hash in pure javascript.

Example

var createHash = require('sha.js')

var sha1 = createHash('sha1')
var sha256 = createHash('sha256')
var sha512 = createHash'sha512')

var h = sha1.update('abc', 'utf8').digest('hex')
console.log(h) //a9993e364706816aba3e25717850c26c9cd0d89d

supported hashes

sha.js currently implements:

sha1
sha256
sha512

Note

Note, this doesn't actually implement a stream, but wrapping this in a stream is trivial. but is does update incrementally, so you can hash things larger than ram, and also, since it reuses the typedarrays, it uses a constant amount of memory (except when using base64 or utf8 encoding, see code comments)

Acknowledgements

This work is derived from Paul Johnston's ["A JavaScript implementation of the Secure Hash Algorithm"] (http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/sha1.html)

License

MIT

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Last updated on 11 Jan 2015

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