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NodeJS - CRYPTO : How to calculate a hash from file or string
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var crypto = require('crypto') | |
, fs = require('fs') | |
// Algorithm depends on availability of OpenSSL on platform | |
// Another algorithms: 'sha1', 'md5', 'sha256', 'sha512' ... | |
var algorithm = 'sha1' | |
, shasum = crypto.createHash(algorithm) | |
// Updating shasum with file content | |
var filename = __dirname + "/anything.txt" | |
, s = fs.ReadStream(filename) | |
s.on('data', function(data) { | |
shasum.update(data) | |
}) | |
// making digest | |
s.on('end', function() { | |
var hash = shasum.digest('hex') | |
console.log(hash + ' ' + filename) | |
}) | |
// Calculating hash from string | |
var textToHash = "Hello, I want a hash from it" | |
, shasum2 = crypto.createHash(algorithm) | |
shasum2.update(textToHash) | |
var hash2 = shasum2.digest('hex') | |
console.log(hash2 + ' ' + textToHash) |
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