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# Cryptographic hashing functions for Dart
A set of cryptographic hashing functions implemented in pure Dart
The following hashing algorithms are supported:
* SHA-1
* SHA-256
* MD5
* HMAC (i.e. HMAC-MD5, HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA256)
## Usage
### Digest on a single input
To hash a list of bytes, invoke the [`convert`][convert] method on the
[`sha1`][sha1-obj], [`sha256`][sha256-obj] or [`md5`][md5-obj]
objects.
```dart
import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
import 'dart:convert'; // for the utf8.encode method
void main() {
var bytes = utf8.encode("foobar"); // data being hashed
var digest = sha1.convert(bytes);
print("Digest as bytes: ${digest.bytes}");
print("Digest as hex string: $digest");
}
```
### Digest on chunked input
If the input data is not available as a _single_ list of bytes, use
the chunked conversion approach.
Invoke the [`startChunkedConversion`][startChunkedConversion] method
to create a sink for the input data. On the sink, invoke the `add`
method for each chunk of input data, and invoke the `close` method
when all the chunks have been added. The digest can then be retrieved
from the `Sink<Digest>` used to create the input data sink.
```dart
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:convert/convert.dart';
import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
void main() {
var firstChunk = utf8.encode("foo");
var secondChunk = utf8.encode("bar");
var output = new AccumulatorSink<Digest>();
var input = sha1.startChunkedConversion(output);
input.add(firstChunk);
input.add(secondChunk); // call `add` for every chunk of input data
input.close();
var digest = output.events.single;
print("Digest as bytes: ${digest.bytes}");
print("Digest as hex string: $digest");
}
```
The above example uses the `AccumulatorSink` class that comes with the
_convert_ package. It is capable of accumulating multiple events, but
in this usage only a single `Digest` is added to it when the data sink's
`close` method is invoked.
### HMAC
Create an instance of the [`Hmac`][Hmac] class with the hash function
and secret key being used. The object can then be used like the other
hash calculating objects.
```dart
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
void main() {
var key = utf8.encode('p@ssw0rd');
var bytes = utf8.encode("foobar");
var hmacSha256 = new Hmac(sha256, key); // HMAC-SHA256
var digest = hmacSha256.convert(bytes);
print("HMAC digest as bytes: ${digest.bytes}");
print("HMAC digest as hex string: $digest");
}
```
## Disclaimer
Support for this library is given as _best effort_.
This library has not been reviewed or vetted by security professionals.
## Features and bugs
Please file feature requests and bugs at the [issue tracker][tracker].
[convert]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Hash/convert.html
[Digest]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Digest-class.html
[Hmac]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Hmac-class.html
[MD5]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/MD5-class.html
[Sha1]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Sha1-class.html
[Sha256]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Sha256-class.html
[md5-obj]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/md5.html
[sha1-obj]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/sha1.html
[sha256-obj]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/sha256.html
[startChunkedConversion]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/crypto/latest/crypto/Hash/startChunkedConversion.html
[tracker]: https://github.com/dart-lang/crypto/issues