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digest.hmac_sha512

STRINGdigest.hmac_sha512STRINGkeySTRINGinput

Available inall subroutines.

Hash-based message authentication code using SHA-512. Returns a hex-encoded string prepended with 0x.

Example

declare local var.hmac_sha512 STRING;
set var.hmac_sha512 = digest.hmac_sha512("key", "input");
# var.hmac_sha512 is now "0x03ad77c817f32669cccf38dac915d4e55a16833b1ca685979a9df521a05235978090043c3da402dad365ed39ac05af4864a804451861f4b4df7680834c6d4f95"

Try it out

digest.hmac_sha512 is used in the following code examples. Examples apply VCL to real-world use cases and can be deployed as they are, or adapted for your own service. See the full list of code examples for more inspiration.

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