Generate a Hash from string in Javascript

Question

I need to convert strings to some form of hash. Is this possible in JavaScript?

I\'m not utilizing a server-side language so I can\'t do it that way.

Answer 1

SubtleCrypto.digest

I’m not utilizing a server-side language so I can’t do it that way.

Are you sure you can’t do it that way?

Did you forget you’re using Javascript, the language ever-evolving?

Try SubtleCrypto. It supports SHA-1, SHA-128, SHA-256, and SHA-512 hash functions.

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async function hash(message/*: string */) {
	const text_encoder = new TextEncoder;
	const data = text_encoder.encode(message);
	const message_digest = await window.crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-512", data);
	return message_digest;
} // -> ArrayBuffer

function in_hex(data/*: ArrayBuffer */) {
	const octets = new Uint8Array(data);
	const hex = [].map.call(octets, octet => octet.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("");
	return hex;
} // -> string

(async function demo() {
	console.log(in_hex(await hash("Thanks for the magic.")));
})();