30-seconds-of-code/snippets/hashNode.md

title, tags

title	tags
hashNode	node,promise,intermediate

Creates a hash for a value using the SHA-256 algorithm. Returns a promise.

• Use crypto API to create a hash for the given value, setTimeout to prevent blocking on a long operation, and a Promise to give it a familiar interface.

const crypto = require('crypto');
const hashNode = val =>
  new Promise(resolve =>
    setTimeout(
      () =>
        resolve(
          crypto
            .createHash('sha256')
            .update(val)
            .digest('hex')
        ),
      0
    )
  );

hashNode(JSON.stringify({ a: 'a', b: [1, 2, 3, 4], foo: { c: 'bar' } })).then(console.log); // '04aa106279f5977f59f9067fa9712afc4aedc6f5862a8defc34552d8c7206393'