digest_by_name

Evaluates hash of an incoming string using a digest method specified. To successfully calculate a value the digest name should be listed in an output of get_all_digest_names() function..

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fields	type	required	description
digestName	string	+	A digest method to calculate. Should be one of available methods.
data	string	+	Target data to calculate a digest from.

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fields	type	description
hash	string	A digest value calculated, hex representation in lower case format

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message	description
digest name is empty	The digest name should not be empty
failed to evaluate ‘digest_by_name’ digest with name ‘	The unsupported digest name is passed
input data size is more than N bytes	Input size is too big

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					local security = require("security")

local hash = security.digest_by_name("sha334", "This is a string")