Crypt::Digest(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Crypt::Digest(3)
NAME
Crypt::Digest - Generic interface to hash/digest functions
SYNOPSIS
### Functional interface:
use Crypt::Digest qw( digest_data digest_data_hex digest_data_b64 digest_data_b64u
digest_file digest_file_hex digest_file_b64 digest_file_b64u );
my $data = 'data string';
my $filename = 'filename.dat';
open my $filehandle, '<:raw', $filename or die "cannot open $filename: $!";
# calculate digest from string/buffer
my $digest_raw = digest_data('SHA256', $data);
my $digest_hex = digest_data_hex('SHA256', $data);
my $digest_b64 = digest_data_b64('SHA256', $data);
my $digest_b64u = digest_data_b64u('SHA256', $data);
# calculate digest from file
my $file_digest_raw = digest_file('SHA256', $filename);
my $file_digest_hex = digest_file_hex('SHA256', $filename);
my $file_digest_b64 = digest_file_b64('SHA256', $filename);
my $file_digest_b64u = digest_file_b64u('SHA256', $filename);
# calculate digest from filehandle
my $fh_digest_raw = digest_file('SHA256', $filehandle);
### OO interface:
use Crypt::Digest;
my $d = Crypt::Digest->new('SHA1');
$d->add('any data');
$d->addfile('filename.dat');
$d->addfile($filehandle);
my $result_raw = $d->digest; # raw bytes
my $result_hex = $d->hexdigest; # hexadecimal form
my $result_b64 = $d->b64digest; # Base64 form
my $result_b64u = $d->b64udigest; # Base64 URL-safe form
DESCRIPTION
Provides an interface to various hash/digest algorithms.
All functions and methods return raw bytes unless the method name
explicitly ends in "_hex", "_b64", or "_b64u". Invalid algorithm names
croak.
EXPORT
Nothing is exported by default.
You can export selected functions:
use Crypt::Digest qw( digest_data digest_data_hex digest_data_b64 digest_data_b64u
digest_file digest_file_hex digest_file_b64 digest_file_b64u );
Or all of them at once:
use Crypt::Digest ':all';
FUNCTIONS
All functions take the algorithm name as the first argument. Supported
values are:
'CHAES', 'MD2', 'MD4', 'MD5', 'RIPEMD128', 'RIPEMD160',
'RIPEMD256', 'RIPEMD320', 'SHA1', 'SHA224', 'SHA256',
'SHA384', 'SHA512', 'SHA512_224', 'SHA512_256', 'Tiger192', 'Whirlpool',
'SHA3_224', 'SHA3_256', 'SHA3_384', 'SHA3_512',
'Keccak224', 'Keccak256', 'Keccak384', 'Keccak512',
'BLAKE2b_160', 'BLAKE2b_256', 'BLAKE2b_384', 'BLAKE2b_512',
'BLAKE2s_128', 'BLAKE2s_160', 'BLAKE2s_224', 'BLAKE2s_256'
(or any <NAME> for which there is a Crypt::Digest::<NAME> module)
digest_data
Joins all arguments into a single string and returns the digest for the
selected algorithm encoded as a binary string.
Data arguments are converted to byte strings using Perl's usual scalar
stringification. Defined scalars, including numbers and
string-overloaded objects, are accepted. "undef" is treated as an empty
string and may emit Perl's usual "uninitialized value" warning. The
same rules apply to "digest_data_hex", "digest_data_b64", and
"digest_data_b64u".
my $digest_raw = digest_data('SHA256', 'data string');
#or
my $digest_raw = digest_data('SHA256', 'any data', 'more data', 'even more data');
digest_data_hex
Joins all arguments into a single string and returns the digest for the
selected algorithm encoded as a hexadecimal string.
my $digest_hex = digest_data_hex('SHA256', 'data string');
#or
my $digest_hex = digest_data_hex('SHA256', 'any data', 'more data', 'even more data');
digest_data_b64
Joins all arguments into a single string and returns the digest for the
selected algorithm encoded as a Base64 string, with trailing '='
padding.
my $digest_b64 = digest_data_b64('SHA256', 'data string');
#or
my $digest_b64 = digest_data_b64('SHA256', 'any data', 'more data', 'even more data');
digest_data_b64u
Joins all arguments into a single string and returns the digest for the
selected algorithm encoded as a Base64 URL-safe string (see RFC 4648
section 5).
my $digest_b64url = digest_data_b64u('SHA256', 'data string');
#or
my $digest_b64url = digest_data_b64u('SHA256', 'any data', 'more data', 'even more data');
digest_file
Reads a file given by a filename or filehandle and returns its digest
encoded as a binary string.
my $digest_raw = digest_file('SHA256', 'filename.dat');
#or
my $filehandle = ...; # existing binary-mode filehandle
my $digest_raw = digest_file('SHA256', $filehandle);
digest_file_hex
Reads a file given by a filename or filehandle and returns its digest
encoded as a hexadecimal string.
my $digest_hex = digest_file_hex('SHA256', 'filename.dat');
#or
my $filehandle = ...; # existing binary-mode filehandle
my $digest_hex = digest_file_hex('SHA256', $filehandle);
Note: The filehandle must be in binary mode before you pass it to
addfile().
digest_file_b64
Reads a file given by a filename or filehandle and returns its digest
encoded as a Base64 string, with trailing '=' padding.
my $digest_b64 = digest_file_b64('SHA256', 'filename.dat');
#or
my $filehandle = ...; # existing binary-mode filehandle
my $digest_b64 = digest_file_b64('SHA256', $filehandle);
digest_file_b64u
Reads a file given by a filename or filehandle and returns its digest
encoded as a Base64 URL-safe string (see RFC 4648 section 5).
my $digest_b64url = digest_file_b64u('SHA256', 'filename.dat');
#or
my $filehandle = ...; # existing binary-mode filehandle
my $digest_b64url = digest_file_b64u('SHA256', $filehandle);
METHODS
Unless noted otherwise, assume $d is an existing digest object created
via "new", for example:
my $d = Crypt::Digest->new('SHA256');
new
Constructor, returns a reference to the digest object.
my $d = Crypt::Digest->new($name);
# $name could be: 'CHAES', 'MD2', 'MD4', 'MD5', 'RIPEMD128', 'RIPEMD160',
# 'RIPEMD256', 'RIPEMD320', 'SHA1', 'SHA224', 'SHA256', 'SHA384',
# 'SHA512', 'SHA512_224', 'SHA512_256', 'SHA3_224', 'SHA3_256',
# 'SHA3_384', 'SHA3_512', 'Keccak224', 'Keccak256', 'Keccak384',
# 'Keccak512', 'BLAKE2b_160', 'BLAKE2b_256', 'BLAKE2b_384',
# 'BLAKE2b_512', 'BLAKE2s_128', 'BLAKE2s_160', 'BLAKE2s_224',
# 'BLAKE2s_256', 'Tiger192', 'Whirlpool'
#
# or any <FUNCNAME> for which there is a Crypt::Digest::<FUNCNAME> module
clone
Creates a copy of the digest object state and returns a reference to
the copy.
$d->clone();
reset
Resets the digest object state and returns the digest object itself.
$d->reset();
add
Appends all arguments to the message. Returns the digest object itself.
Each argument is converted to bytes using Perl's usual scalar
stringification. Defined scalars, including numbers and
string-overloaded objects, are accepted. "undef" is treated as an empty
string and may emit Perl's usual "uninitialized value" warning.
$d->add('any data');
#or
$d->add('any data', 'more data', 'even more data');
Note that all the following cases are equivalent:
# case 1
$d->add('aa', 'bb', 'cc');
# case 2
$d->add('aa');
$d->add('bb');
$d->add('cc');
# case 3
$d->add('aabbcc');
# case 4
$d->add('aa')->add('bb')->add('cc');
addfile
Reads a file or filehandle and appends its content to the message.
Returns the digest object itself.
$d->addfile('filename.dat');
#or
my $filehandle = ...; # existing binary-mode filehandle
$d->addfile($filehandle);
Note: The filehandle must be in binary mode before you pass it to
addfile().
hashsize
Returns the length of calculated digest in bytes (e.g. 32 for SHA-256).
$d->hashsize;
#or
Crypt::Digest->hashsize('SHA1');
#or
Crypt::Digest::hashsize('SHA1');
digest
Returns the binary digest (raw bytes). The first call finalizes the
digest object. Any later add(), addfile(), digest(), hexdigest(),
b64digest(), or b64udigest() call will fail until you call reset().
my $result_raw = $d->digest();
hexdigest
Returns the digest encoded as a hexadecimal string. Like digest(), the
first call finalizes the digest object.
my $result_hex = $d->hexdigest();
b64digest
Returns the digest encoded as a Base64 string with trailing "="
padding. Note: This padding style might differ from other "Digest::*"
modules on CPAN. Like digest(), the first call finalizes the digest
object.
my $result_b64 = $d->b64digest();
b64udigest
Returns the digest encoded as a Base64 URL-safe string (see RFC 4648
section 5). Like digest(), the first call finalizes the digest object.
my $result_b64url = $d->b64udigest();
SEE ALSO
o CryptX(3)
o Crypt::Digest(3) tries to be compatible with the Digest
interface.
o Check subclasses like Crypt::Digest::SHA1(3),
Crypt::Digest::MD5(3), ...
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