CryptoUtil

CryptoUtil~createHash(algorithm, data, [encoding], output) ⇒ Buffer | string

Creates a new hash by given algorithm, data and digest encoding. Defaults to sha256.

Kind: inner method of CryptoUtil
Returns: Buffer | string - if {output} is undefined, a {Buffer} is returned, otherwise a

Param	Type	Description
algorithm	string	the hash algorithm, default is 'sha256'
data	Buffer | string | TypedArray | DataView	the data to hash
[encoding]	string	optional, the encoding of the input
output	'base64' | 'base64url' | 'binary' | 'hex' | undefined	optional, the desired output type