Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.
Convenience wrapper around the core crypto Hash class with simpler API and better defaults.
$ npm install hasha
const hasha = require('hasha');
hasha('unicorn');
//=> 'e233b19aabc7d5e53826fb734d1222f1f0444c3a3fc67ff4af370a66e7cadd2cb24009f1bc86f0bed12ca5fcb226145ad10fc5f650f6ef0959f8aadc5a594b27'const hasha = require('hasha');
// Hash the process input and output the hash sum
process.stdin.pipe(hasha.stream()).pipe(process.stdout);const hasha = require('hasha');
(async () => {
// Get the MD5 hash of an image
const hash = await hasha.fromFile('unicorn.png', {algorithm: 'md5'});
console.log(hash);
//=> '1abcb33beeb811dca15f0ac3e47b88d9'
})();See the Node.js crypto docs for more about hashing.
Returns a hash.
Type: Buffer | string | Array<Buffer | string>
Buffer you want to hash.
While strings are supported you should prefer buffers as they're faster to hash. Although if you already have a string you should not convert it to a buffer.
Pass an array instead of concatenating strings and/or buffers. The output is the same, but arrays do not incur the overhead of concatenation.
Type: Object
Type: string
Default: hex
Values: hex base64 buffer latin1
Encoding of the returned hash.
Type: string
Default: sha512
Values: md5 sha1 sha256 sha512 (Platform dependent)
The md5 algorithm is good for file revving, but you should never use md5 or sha1 for anything sensitive. They're insecure.
Returns a hash transform stream.
Returns a Promise for the calculated hash.
Returns a Promise for the calculated file hash.
Returns the calculated file hash.
- hasha-cli - CLI for this module
- crypto-hash - Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
- hash-obj - Get the hash of an object
- md5-hex - Create a MD5 hash with hex encoding
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