kryndex / hasha

Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.

Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.

Convenience wrapper around the core crypto Hash class with simpler API and better defaults.

Install

$ npm install --save hasha

Usage

const hasha = require('hasha');

hasha('unicorn');
//=> 'e233b19aabc7d5e53826fb734d1222f1f0444c3a3fc67ff4af370a66e7cadd2cb24009f1bc86f0bed12ca5fcb226145ad10fc5f650f6ef0959f8aadc5a594b27'

const hasha = require('hasha');

// Hash the process input and output the hash sum
process.stdin.pipe(hasha.stream()).pipe(process.stdout);

const hasha = require('hasha');

// Get the MD5 hash of an image
hasha.fromFile('unicorn.png', {algorithm: 'md5'}).then(hash => {
	console.log(hash);
	//=> '1abcb33beeb811dca15f0ac3e47b88d9'
});

API

See the Node.js crypto docs for more about hashing.

hasha(input, [options])

Returns a hash.

input

Type: Buffer string Buffer[] string[]

Buffer you want to hash.

While strings are supported you should prefer buffers as they're faster to hash. Although if you already have a string you should not convert it to a buffer.

Pass an array instead of concatenating strings and/or buffers. The output is the same, but arrays do not incur the overhead of concatenation.

options

encoding

Type: string
Default: hex
Values: hex base64 buffer binary

Encoding of the returned hash.

algorithm

Type: string
Default: sha512
Values: md5 sha1 sha256 sha512 (Platform dependent)

The md5 algorithm is good for file revving, but you should never use md5 or sha1 for anything sensitive. They're insecure.

hasha.stream([options])

Returns a hash transform stream.

hasha.fromStream(stream, [options])

Returns a Promise for a hash.

hasha.fromFile(filepath, [options])

Returns a Promise for a hash.

hasha.fromFileSync(filepath, [options])

Returns a hash.

Resources

• Hasha: A Friendly Crypto API • DailyJS

Related

• hasha-cli - CLI for this module
• hash-obj - Get the hash of an object

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus