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How to generate a SHA-256 hash with JavaScript

remarkablemark
remarkablemark
Aug 30, 2021

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This article goes over how to generate a SHA-256 hexadecimal hash using Node.js and JavaScript in the browser.

Node.js

To generate a SHA-256 hash in Node.js using crypto:

Usage:

Replit demo:

Node.js SHA-256 hash

https://remarkablemark.org/blog/2021/08/29/javascript-generate-sha-256-hexadecimal-hash/

replit.com

Browser

To generate a SHA-256 hash in the browser using SubtleCrypto:

Or written in async/await:

Usage:

Replit demo:

JavaScript SHA-256 hash

https://remarkablemark.org/blog/2021/08/29/javascript-generate-sha-256-hexadecimal-hash/

replit.com

This article was originally published on remarkablemark.org on August 29, 2021.

JavaScript
Hexadecimal
Hash
256
Programming

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