How to create hmac in javascript

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The crypto.createHmac() method is used to create an Hmac object that uses the stated ‘algorithm’ and ‘key’. Syntax:

crypto.createHmac( algorithm, key, options )

Parameters: This method accept three parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• algorithm: It is dependent on the accessible algorithms which are favored by the version of OpenSSL on the platform. It returns string. The examples are sha256, sha512, etc.
• key: It is the HMAC key which is used to create the cryptographic HMAC hash. It returns string, Buffer, TypedArray, DataView, or KeyObject. And if it is a KeyObject, then its type must be secret.
• options: It is optional parameter and used to control stream behavior. It returns an object.

Return Type: It returns Hmac object. Below examples illustrate the use of crypto.createHmac() method in Node.js: Example 1: 

javascript

const crypto = require('crypto');

const secret = 'GfG';

const hash = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret)

                   .update('GeeksforGeeks')

                   .digest('hex');

console.log(hash);

Output:

a08116905e92633e4f30eefd1276206b259305c8783642fc5b7f51c089187939

Example 2: 

javascript

const myfile = process.argv[1];

const crypto = require('crypto');

const fs = require('fs');

const creathmac = crypto.createHmac('sha1', 'CS-Portal!');

const readfile = fs.createReadStream(myfile);

readfile.on('readable', () => {

  const data = readfile.read();

  if (data)

    creathmac.update(data);

  else

   {

    console.log("The hmac object returns:",

    `${creathmac.digest('hex')} ${myfile}`);

  }

});

console.log("Program done!");

console.log();

Output:

Program done!
The hmac object returns: 4605d44703c2620fc2574c9a9216bd3267457324 /run_dir/interp.js

Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#crypto_crypto_createhmac_algorithm_key_options