Function: hash.compute_checksum

Computes checksum using a given hashing algorithm.

Arguments

Arguments
data

bytes

The input to compute checksum for.
algorithm

string

The hashing algorithm to use. Supported algorithms: MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512.

Returns

The computed checksum in bytes.

Raised exceptions

Exceptions
TypeError If data is not in bytes, or if algorithm is not a string.
ValueError If the provided hashing algorithm is not supported.

Examples

For more information, see Returning bytes.

# Compute SHA-256 checksum of a message (bytes) and return it as a Base64 string - assignStep:  assign:  - dataBytes: ${text.encode("Hello World", "UTF-8")}  - algorithmName: "SHA256"  # Compute SHA-256 checksum of data in bytes  - checksum: ${hash.compute_checksum(dataBytes, algorithmName)} - returnStep:  # Return checksum encoded to Base64 string: "pZGm1Av0IEBKARczz7exkNYsZb8LzaMrV7J32a2fFG4="  return: ${base64.encode(checksum)}