node.js hash string?

hash node.js
Harry picture Harry · May 4, 2011 · Viewed 241.1k times · Source

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

braitsch picture braitsch · Aug 8, 2012

If you just want to md5 hash a simple string I found this works for me.

var crypto = require('crypto');
var name = 'braitsch';
var hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(name).digest('hex');
console.log(hash); // 9b74c9897bac770ffc029102a200c5de

Related questions

How to generate an MD5 file hash in JavaScript?

How to write functionToGenerateMD5hash for this code? I already have fileVideo and I need to send the corresponding md5 hash to the server by clicking on the button. $("#someButton").click(function() { var fr = new FileReader(); fr.onload = function(e) { …

Read More
How do I use Node.js Crypto to create a HMAC-SHA1 hash?

I want to create a hash of I love cupcakes (signed with the key abcdeg) How can I create that hash, using Node.js Crypto?

Read More
Obtaining the hash of a file using the stream capabilities of crypto module (ie: without hash.update and hash.digest)

The crypto module of node.js (at the time of this writing at least) is not still deemed stable and so the API may change. In fact, the methods that everyone in the internet use to get the hash (md5, …

Read More