HASH.SHA256

HASH.SHA256 returns the hash calculated from the given string using SHA-256 algorithm. SHA-256 is used to generate a 32 byte (256 bit) hash. This function throws an error if it is passed an argument that is not a string.

Function category: Hash​

Syntax

HASH.SHA256(arg)

Example

Let's say we have the following JSON for which we need to calculate the digest:

{
  "data": {
    "foo": 1,
    "bar": [
      "x",
      "y"
    ]
  }
}

If we want to transform the context into a string and pass that string to HASH.SHA256 to calculate the digest, use the following function.

# Calculate a digest for specific content
HASH.SHA256(JSON.ENCODE(_))

This will return the following digest:

5ebb5928da91aadae28a855d54d66a74c1ab6fb6d6ebf4f4689f2b310e62a637