sha256Example

Public

Script

export let sha256Example = (async () => {

const message = "Hello world";

// encode as (utf-8) Uint8Array

const msgUint8 = new TextEncoder().encode(message);

// hash the message

const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", msgUint8);

// convert buffer to byte array

const hashArray = Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer));

// convert bytes to hex string

const hashHex = hashArray

.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))

.join("");

return hashHex;

})();

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October 23, 2023

Creating a SHA-256 hash of a string