node.js hash string?

Question

I have a string that I want to hash. What\'s the easiest way to generate the hash in node.js?

The hash is for versioning, not security.

Answer 1

The crypto module makes this very easy.

Setup:

// import crypto from 'crypto';
const crypto = require('crypto');

const sha256 = x => crypto.createHash('sha256').update(x, 'utf8').digest('hex');

Usage:

sha256('Hello, world. ');