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)}
