sha-256-js
A sha-256 hashing implementation in vanilla JavaScript.
Based on pseudocode found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2#Pseudocode
Install and use in your project:
``
sh
npm install --save sha-256-js
`
Usage
`
js
var sha256 = require('sha-256-js');
console.log(
sha256("abc")
);
// ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad
`
Text passed to sha256 should be UTF8 encoded:
`
js
var sha256 = require('sha-256-js'),
utf8 = require('utf8');
console.log(
sha256(
utf8.encode("í")
)
);
// 127035a8ff26256ea0541b5add6dcc3ecdaeea603e606f84e0fd63492fbab2c5
`
Install globally and use on the command line:
`
sh
git clone https://github.com/jeffallen6767/sha-256-js.git
cd sha-256-js
npm install -g
`
Examples:
`
sh
Usage: sha256 [options]
Options:
-V, --version output the version number
-m, --message [text] text to apply sha-256
-f, --file [path] file to apply sha-256
-c, --compare [checksum] Checksum to compare generated with
-h, --help output usage information
C:\Users\Malachi\Downloads>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 164D-63E3
Directory of C:\Users\Malachi\Downloads
08/27/2017 09:45 AM .
08/27/2017 09:45 AM ..
08/27/2017 09:45 AM 25,677,520 gpg4win-2.3.4.exe
1 File(s) 25,677,520 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1,066,195,410,944 bytes free
C:\Users\Malachi\Downloads>sha256 -f gpg4win-2.3.4.exe
9342019e69d14a360ba6d01e66733578bcfa1e00151d7ccfeba4cdc177ed224b
C:\Users\Malachi\Downloads>sha256 -m abc
ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad
C:\Users\Malachi\Downloads>sha256 -m "a b c"
0e9f64031fcb2bc708b531c2a20441580425d151a38503f38592a7dd36019d3b
``
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