Encoding and Crypto
Hashing, encryption, Base64, binary encoding and character sets.
Hashing, encryption, Base64, binary encoding and character sets. 18 entries. This page is generated from the MatchBox source; see the function reference index for how to read the tables and what each gate means.
| Function | Forms | Gate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
binaryDecode | binaryDecode( ... ) | always | Decodes text such as hex into binary data. |
binaryEncode | binaryEncode( ... ) | always | Encodes binary data as text, for example "hex". |
bytesGet | bytesGet( ... ) | always | |
bytesLen | bytesLen( ... ) | always | |
bytesNew | bytesNew( ... ) | always | |
bytesSet | bytesSet( ... ) | always | |
charsetDecode | charsetDecode( ... ), string.charsetDecode( ... ) | always | |
charsetEncode | charsetEncode( ... ) | always | |
decrypt | decrypt( ... ) | bif-crypto | Decrypts a value produced by encrypt. |
encrypt | encrypt( ... ) | bif-crypto | Encrypts a string: encrypt( value, key, algorithm, encoding ). |
generatePBKDFKey | generatePBKDFKey( ... ) | bif-crypto | |
generateSecretKey | generateSecretKey( ... ) | bif-crypto | Generates a key for the given algorithm, for example "AES". |
hash | hash( ... ), string.hash( ... ) | bif-crypto | Returns the hash as hex text; MD5 unless an algorithm is given. |
hash40 | hash40( ... ) | bif-crypto | Returns the SHA-1 hash of a string as hex. |
hmac | hmac( ... ), string.hmac( ... ) | bif-crypto | Returns the HMAC of a message: hmac( message, key, algorithm ). |
toBase64 | toBase64( ... ) | always | Encodes a string or binary as Base64. |
toBinary | toBinary( ... ) | always | Decodes a Base64 string to binary. |
urlEncodedFormat | urlEncodedFormat( ... ), string.urlEncodedFormat( ... ) | always | Percent-encodes a string for use in a URL. |