Are there any one-way hashing functions available in native JavaScript?

Question

I\'d like to be able to create unique tokens* for users based on a hashed string. I know I could, for example, use a md5() library but as the purpose is not cryptographic I

Answer 1

JavaScript does not have native hashing, but there are many libraries.

I recommend crypto-js: https://code.google.com/p/crypto-js/

For example, to use SHA1, you simply: