# RustCrypto: Digest Algorithm Traits

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Traits which describe functionality of [cryptographic hash functions][0], a.k.a.
digest algorithms.

See [RustCrypto/hashes][1] for implementations which use this trait.

[Documentation][docs-link]

## Minimum Supported Rust Version

Rust **1.41** or higher.

Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.

## SemVer Policy

- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above

## Usage

Let us demonstrate how to use crates in this repository using BLAKE2b as an
example.

First add `blake2` crate to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
blake2 = "0.8"
```

`blake2` and other crates re-export `digest` crate and `Digest` trait for
convenience, so you don't have to add `digest` crate as an explicit dependency.

Now you can write the following code:

```rust
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};

let mut hasher = Blake2b::new();
let data = b"Hello world!";
hasher.input(data);
// `input` can be called repeatedly and is generic over `AsRef<[u8]>`
hasher.input("String data");
// Note that calling `finalize()` consumes hasher
let hash = hasher.finalize();
println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
```

In this example `hash` has type [`GenericArray<u8, U64>`][2], which is a generic
alternative to `[u8; 64]`.

Alternatively you can use chained approach, which is equivalent to the previous
example:

```rust
let hash = Blake2b::new()
    .chain(b"Hello world!")
    .chain("String data")
    .finalize();

println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
```

If the whole message is available you also can use convinience `digest` method:

```rust
let hash = Blake2b::digest(b"my message");
println!("Result: {:x}", hash);
```

### Hashing `Read`-able objects

If you want to hash data from [`Read`][3] trait (e.g. from file) you can rely on
implementation of [`Write`][4] trait (requires enabled-by-default `std` feature):

```rust
use blake2::{Blake2b, Digest};
use std::{fs, io};

let mut file = fs::File::open(&path)?;
let mut hasher = Blake2b::new();
let n = io::copy(&mut file, &mut hasher)?;
let hash = hasher.finalize();

println!("Path: {}", path);
println!("Bytes processed: {}", n);
println!("Hash value: {:x}", hash);
```

### Generic code

You can write generic code over `Digest` (or other traits from `digest` crate)
trait which will work over different hash functions:

```rust
use digest::Digest;

// Toy example, do not use it in practice!
// Instead use crates from: https://github.com/RustCrypto/password-hashing
fn hash_password<D: Digest>(password: &str, salt: &str, output: &mut [u8]) {
    let mut hasher = D::new();
    hasher.input(password.as_bytes());
    hasher.input(b"$");
    hasher.input(salt.as_bytes());
    output.copy_from_slice(hasher.finalize().as_slice())
}

use blake2::Blake2b;
use sha2::Sha256;

hash_password::<Blake2b>("my_password", "abcd", &mut buf);
hash_password::<Sha256>("my_password", "abcd", &mut buf);
```

If you want to use hash functions with trait objects, use `digest::DynDigest`
trait.

## License

Licensed under either of:

 * [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 * [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

### Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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[//]: # (general links)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function
[1]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/hashes
[2]: https://docs.rs/generic-array
[3]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/trait.Read.html
[4]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/trait.Write.html
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash-based_message_authentication_code
[6]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/MACs