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

I'm kinda late to the party, but you can use this module: crypto:

const crypto = require('crypto');

const SALT = '$ome$alt';

function generateHash(pass) {
  return crypto.createHmac('sha256', SALT)
    .update(pass)
    .digest('hex');
}

The result of this function is always is 64 characters string; something like this: "aa54e7563b1964037849528e7ba068eb7767b1fab74a8d80fe300828b996714a"