| # BLAKE3 |
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| [BLAKE3](https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3) running in JavaScript (node.js and browsers) via native bindings, where available, or WebAssembly. |
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| npm install blake3 |
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| Additionally, there's a flavor of the package which is identical except that it will not download native Node.js bindings: |
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| npm install blake3-wasm |
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| ## Table of Contents |
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| - [Quickstart](#quickstart) |
| - [API](#api) |
| - [Node.js](#nodejs) |
| - [`hash(data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer`](#hashdata-binarylike-options--length-number--buffer) |
| - [`keyedHash(key: Buffer, data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer`](#keyedhashkey-buffer-data-binarylike-options--length-number--buffer) |
| - [`deriveKey(context: string, material: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer`](#derivekeycontext-string-material-binarylike-options--length-number--buffer) |
| - [Hasher](#hasher) |
| - [`createHash(): Hasher`](#createhash-hasher) |
| - [`createKeyed(key: Buffer): Hasher`](#createkeyedkey-buffer-hasher) |
| - [`createDeriveKey(context: string): Hasher`](#createderivekeycontext-string-hasher) |
| - [`hasher.update(data: BinaryLike): this`](#hasherupdatedata-binarylike-this) |
| - [`hasher.digest(encoding?: string, options?: { length: number, dispose: boolean })): Buffer | string`](#hasherdigestencoding-string-options--length-number-dispose-boolean--buffer--string) |
| - [`hasher.reader(options?: { dispose: boolean }): HashReader`](#hasherreaderoptions--dispose-boolean--hashreader) |
| - [`hasher.dispose()`](#hasherdispose) |
| - [HashReader](#hashreader) |
| - [`reader.position: bigint`](#readerposition-bigint) |
| - [`reader.readInto(target: Buffer): void`](#readerreadintotarget-buffer-void) |
| - [`reader.read(bytes: number): Buffer`](#readerreadbytes-number-buffer) |
| - [`reader.toString([encoding]): string`](#readertostringencoding-string) |
| - [`reader.toBuffer(): Buffer`](#readertobuffer-buffer) |
| - [`reader.dispose()`](#readerdispose) |
| - [`using(disposable: IDisposable, fn: disposable => T): T`](#usingdisposable-idisposable-fn-disposable--t-t) |
| - [Browser](#browser) |
| - [`hash(data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash`](#hashdata-binarylike-options--length-number--hash) |
| - [`keyedHash(key: Buffer, data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash`](#keyedhashkey-buffer-data-binarylike-options--length-number--hash) |
| - [`deriveKey(context: string, material: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash`](#derivekeycontext-string-material-binarylike-options--length-number--hash) |
| - [`Hash`](#hash) |
| - [`hash.equals(other: Uint8Array)`](#hashequalsother-uint8array) |
| - [`hash.toString(encoding: 'hex' | 'base64' | 'utf8'): string`](#hashtostringencoding-hex--base64--utf8-string) |
| - [Hasher](#hasher-1) |
| - [`createHash(): Hasher`](#createhash-hasher-1) |
| - [`createKeyed(key: Buffer): Hasher`](#createkeyedkey-buffer-hasher-1) |
| - [`createDeriveKey(context: string): Hasher`](#createderivekeycontext-string-hasher-1) |
| - [`hasher.update(data: BinaryLike): this`](#hasherupdatedata-binarylike-this-1) |
| - [`hasher.digest(encoding?: 'hex' | 'base64' | 'utf8', options?: { length: number, dispose: boolean })): Hash | string`](#hasherdigestencoding-hex--base64--utf8-options--length-number-dispose-boolean--hash--string) |
| - [`hasher.reader(options?: { dispose: boolean }): HashReader`](#hasherreaderoptions--dispose-boolean--hashreader-1) |
| - [`hasher.dispose()`](#hasherdispose-1) |
| - [HashReader](#hashreader-1) |
| - [`reader.position: bigint`](#readerposition-bigint-1) |
| - [`reader.readInto(target: Uint8Array): void`](#readerreadintotarget-uint8array-void) |
| - [`reader.read(bytes: number): Hash`](#readerreadbytes-number-hash) |
| - [`reader.toString(encoding?: string): string`](#readertostringencoding-string-string) |
| - [`reader.toArray(): Uint8Array`](#readertoarray-uint8array) |
| - [`reader.dispose()`](#readerdispose-1) |
| - [`using(disposable: IDisposable, fn: disposable => T): T`](#usingdisposable-idisposable-fn-disposable--t-t-1) |
| - [Speed](#speed) |
| - [Contributing](#contributing) |
| - [Publishing](#publishing) |
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| ## Quickstart |
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| If you're on Node, import the module via |
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| ```js |
| const blake3 = require('blake3'); |
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| blake3.hash('foo'); // => Buffer |
| ``` |
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| If you're in the browser, import `blake3/browser`. This includes a WebAssembly binary, so you probably want to import it asynchronously, like so: |
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| ```js |
| import('blake3/browser').then(blake3 => { |
| blake3.hash('foo'); // => Uint8Array |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| The API is very similar in Node.js and browsers, but Node supports and returns Buffers and a wider range of input and output encoding. |
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| More complete example: |
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| ```js |
| const { hash, createHash } = require('blake3'); |
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| hash('some string'); // => hash a string to a uint8array |
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| // Update incrementally (Node and Browsers): |
| const hash = createHash(); |
| stream.on('data', d => hash.update(d)); |
| stream.on('error', err => { |
| // hashes use unmanaged memory in WebAssembly, always free them if you don't digest()! |
| hash.dispose(); |
| throw err; |
| }); |
| stream.on('end', () => finishedHash(hash.digest())); |
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| // Or, in Node, it's also a transform stream: |
| createReadStream('file.txt') |
| .pipe(createHash()) |
| .on('data', hash => console.log(hash.toString('hex'))); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ### Node.js |
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| The Node API can be imported via `require('blake3')`. |
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| #### `hash(data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer` |
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| Returns a hash for the given data. The data can be a string, buffer, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a Buffer. |
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| #### `keyedHash(key: Buffer, data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer` |
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| Returns keyed a hash for the given data. The key must be exactly 32 bytes. The data can be a string, buffer, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a Buffer. |
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| For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.keyed_hash.html). |
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| #### `deriveKey(context: string, material: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Buffer` |
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| The key derivation function. The data can be a string, buffer, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a Buffer. |
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| For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.derive_key.html). |
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| #### Hasher |
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| The hasher is a type that lets you incrementally build a hash. It's compatible with Node's crypto hash instance. For instance, it implements a transform stream, so you could do something like: |
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| ```js |
| createReadStream('file.txt') |
| .pipe(createHash()) |
| .on('data', hash => console.log(hash.toString('hex'))); |
| ``` |
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| ##### `createHash(): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance using the standard hash function. |
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| ##### `createKeyed(key: Buffer): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance for a keyed hash. For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.keyed_hash.html). |
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| ##### `createDeriveKey(context: string): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance for the key derivation function. For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.derive_key.html). |
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| ##### `hasher.update(data: BinaryLike): this` |
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| Adds data to a hash. The data can be a string, buffer, typedarray, array buffer, or array. This will throw if called after `digest()` or `dispose()`. |
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| ##### `hasher.digest(encoding?: string, options?: { length: number, dispose: boolean })): Buffer | string` |
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| Returns the hash of the data. If an `encoding` is given, a string will be returned. Otherwise, a Buffer is returned. Optionally, you can specify the requested byte length of the hash. |
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| If `dispose: false` is given in the options, the hash will not automatically be disposed of, allowing you to continue updating it after obtaining the current reader. |
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| ##### `hasher.reader(options?: { dispose: boolean }): HashReader` |
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| Returns a [HashReader](#HashReader) for the current hash. |
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| If `dispose: false` is given in the options, the hash will not automatically be disposed of, allowing you to continue updating it after obtaining the current reader. |
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| ##### `hasher.dispose()` |
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| Disposes of unmanaged resources. You should _always_ call this if you don't call `digest()` to free umanaged (WebAssembly-based) memory. |
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| #### HashReader |
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| The hash reader can be returned from hashing functions. Up to 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes of data can be read from BLAKE3 hashes; this structure lets you read those. Note that, like `hash`, this is an object which needs to be manually disposed of. |
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| ##### `reader.position: bigint` |
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| A property which gets or sets the position of the reader in the output stream. A `RangeError` is thrown if setting this to a value less than 0 or greater than 2<sup>64</sup>-1. Note that this is a bigint, not a standard number. |
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| ```js |
| reader.position += 32n; // advance the reader 32 bytes |
| ``` |
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| ##### `reader.readInto(target: Buffer): void` |
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| Reads bytes into the target array, filling it up and advancing the reader's position. A `RangeError` is thrown if reading this data puts the reader past 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes. |
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| ##### `reader.read(bytes: number): Buffer` |
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| Reads and returns the given number of bytes from the reader, and advances the position. A `RangeError` is thrown if reading this data puts the reader past 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes. |
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| ##### `reader.toString([encoding]): string` |
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| Converts first 32 bytes of the hash to a string with the given encoding. Defaults to hex encoding. |
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| ##### `reader.toBuffer(): Buffer` |
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| Converts first 32 bytes of the hash to a Buffer. |
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| ##### `reader.dispose()` |
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| Disposes of unmanaged resources. You should _always_ call this to free umanaged (WebAssembly-based) memory, or you application will leak memory. |
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| #### `using(disposable: IDisposable, fn: disposable => T): T` |
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| A helper method that takes a disposable, and automatically calls the dispose method when the function returns, or the promise returned from the function is settled. |
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| ```js |
| // read and auto-dispose the first 64 bytes |
| const first64Bytes = using(hash.reader(), reader => reader.toBuffer(64)); |
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| // you can also return promises/use async methods: |
| using(hash.reader(), async reader => { |
| do { |
| await send(reader.read(64)); |
| } while (needsMoreData()); |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| ### Browser |
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| The browser API can be imported via `import('blake3/browser')`, which works well with Webpack. |
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| If you aren't using a bundler or using a more "pure" bundler like Parcel, you can import `blake3/browser-async` which exports a function to asynchronously load the WebAssembly code and resolves to the package contents. |
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| ```js |
| import load from 'blake3/browser-async'; |
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| load().then(blake3 => { |
| console.log(blake3.hash('hello world')); |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| #### `hash(data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash` |
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| Returns a hash for the given data. The data can be a string, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a [Hash](#Hash) instance. |
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| #### `keyedHash(key: Buffer, data: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash` |
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| Returns keyed a hash for the given data. The key must be exactly 32 bytes. The data can be a string, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a [Hash](#Hash) instance. |
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| For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.keyed_hash.html). |
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| #### `deriveKey(context: string, material: BinaryLike, options?: { length: number }): Hash` |
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| The key derivation function. The data can be a string, typedarray, array buffer, or array. By default, it generates the first 32 bytes of the hash for the data, but this is configurable. It returns a [Hash](#Hash) instance. |
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| For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.derive_key.html). |
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| #### `Hash` |
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| A Hash is the type returned from hash functions and the hasher in the browser. It's a `Uint8Array` with a few additional helper methods. |
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| ##### `hash.equals(other: Uint8Array)` |
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| Returns whether this hash equals the other hash, via a constant-time equality check. |
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| ##### `hash.toString(encoding: 'hex' | 'base64' | 'utf8'): string` |
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| #### Hasher |
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| The hasher is a type that lets you incrementally build a hash. For instance, you can hash a `fetch`ed page like: |
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| ```js |
| const res = await fetch('https://example.com'); |
| const body = await res.body; |
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| const hasher = blake3.createHash(); |
| const reader = body.getReader(); |
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| while (true) { |
| const { done, value } = await reader.read(); |
| if (done) { |
| break; |
| } |
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| hasher.update(value); |
| } |
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| console.log('Hash of', res.url, 'is', hasher.digest('hex')); |
| ``` |
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| Converts the hash to a string with the given encoding. |
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| ##### `createHash(): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance using the standard hash function. |
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| ##### `createKeyed(key: Buffer): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance for a keyed hash. For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.keyed_hash.html). |
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| ##### `createDeriveKey(context: string): Hasher` |
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| Creates a new hasher instance for the key derivation function. For more information, see [the blake3 docs](https://docs.rs/blake3/0.1.3/blake3/fn.derive_key.html). |
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| ##### `hasher.update(data: BinaryLike): this` |
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| Adds data to a hash. The data can be a string, buffer, typedarray, array buffer, or array. This will throw if called after `digest()` or `dispose()`. |
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| ##### `hasher.digest(encoding?: 'hex' | 'base64' | 'utf8', options?: { length: number, dispose: boolean })): Hash | string` |
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| Returns the hash of the data. If an `encoding` is given, a string will be returned. Otherwise, a [Hash](#hash) is returned. Optionally, you can specify the requested byte length of the hash. |
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| If `dispose: false` is given in the options, the hash will not automatically be disposed of, allowing you to continue updating it after obtaining the current reader. |
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| ##### `hasher.reader(options?: { dispose: boolean }): HashReader` |
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| Returns a [HashReader](#HashReader) for the current hash. |
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| If `dispose: false` is given in the options, the hash will not automatically be disposed of, allowing you to continue updating it after obtaining the current reader. |
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| ##### `hasher.dispose()` |
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| Disposes of unmanaged resources. You should _always_ call this if you don't call `digest()` to free umanaged (WebAssembly-based) memory. |
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| #### HashReader |
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| The hash reader can be returned from hashing functions. Up to 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes of data can be read from BLAKE3 hashes; this structure lets you read those. Note that, like `hash`, this is an object which needs to be manually disposed of. |
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| ##### `reader.position: bigint` |
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| A property which gets or sets the position of the reader in the output stream. A `RangeError` is thrown if setting this to a value less than 0 or greater than 2<sup>64</sup>-1. Note that this is a bigint, not a standard number. |
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| ```js |
| reader.position += 32n; // advance the reader 32 bytes |
| ``` |
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| ##### `reader.readInto(target: Uint8Array): void` |
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| Reads bytes into the target array, filling it up and advancing the reader's position. A `RangeError` is thrown if reading this data puts the reader past 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes. |
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| ##### `reader.read(bytes: number): Hash` |
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| Reads and returns the given number of bytes from the reader, and advances the position. A `RangeError` is thrown if reading this data puts the reader past 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes. |
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| ##### `reader.toString(encoding?: string): string` |
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| Converts first 32 bytes of the hash to a string with the given encoding. Defaults to hex encoding. |
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| ##### `reader.toArray(): Uint8Array` |
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| Converts first 32 bytes of the hash to an array. |
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| ##### `reader.dispose()` |
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| Disposes of unmanaged resources. You should _always_ call this to free umanaged (WebAssembly-based) memory, or you application will leak memory. |
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| #### `using(disposable: IDisposable, fn: disposable => T): T` |
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| A helper method that takes a disposable, and automatically calls the dispose method when the function returns, or the promise returned from the function is settled. |
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| ```js |
| // read and auto-dispose the first 64 bytes |
| const first64Bytes = using(hash.reader(), reader => reader.toArray(64)); |
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| // you can also return promises/use async methods: |
| using(hash.reader(), async reader => { |
| do { |
| await send(reader.read(64)); |
| } while (needsMoreData()); |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| ## Speed |
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| > Native Node.js bindings are a work in progress. |
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| You can run benchmarks by installing `npm install -g @c4312/matcha`, then running `matcha benchmark.js`. These are the results running on Node 12 on my MacBook. Blake3 is significantly faster than Node's built-in hashing. |
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| 276,000 ops/sec > 64B#md5 (4,240x) |
| 263,000 ops/sec > 64B#sha1 (4,040x) |
| 271,000 ops/sec > 64B#sha256 (4,160x) |
| 1,040,000 ops/sec > 64B#blake3 wasm (15,900x) |
| 625,000 ops/sec > 64B#blake3 native (9,590x) |
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| 9,900 ops/sec > 64KB#md5 (152x) |
| 13,900 ops/sec > 64KB#sha1 (214x) |
| 6,470 ops/sec > 64KB#sha256 (99.2x) |
| 6,410 ops/sec > 64KB#blake3 wasm (98.4x) |
| 48,900 ops/sec > 64KB#blake3 native (750x) |
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| 106 ops/sec > 6MB#md5 (1.63x) |
| 150 ops/sec > 6MB#sha1 (2.3x) |
| 69.2 ops/sec > 6MB#sha256 (1.06x) |
| 65.2 ops/sec > 6MB#blake3 wasm (1x) |
| 502 ops/sec > 6MB#blake3 native (7.7x) |
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| ## Contributing |
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| This build is a little esoteric due to the mixing of languages. We use a `Makefile` to coodinate things. |
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| To get set up, you'll want to open the repository in VS Code. Make sure you have [Remote Containers](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) installed, and then accept the "Reopen in Container" prompt when opening the folder. This will get the environment set up with everything you need. Then, run `make prepare` to install local dependencies. |
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| Finally, `make` will create a build for you; you can run `make MODE=release` for a production release, and certainly should if you want to [benchmark it](#speed). |
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| - Rust code is compiled from `src/lib.rs` to `pkg/browser` and `pkg/node` |
| - TypeScript code is compiled from `ts/*.ts` into `dist` |
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| ### Publishing |
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| In case I get hit by a bus or get other contributors, these are the steps for publishing: |
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| 1. Get all your code ready to go in master, pushed up to Github. |
| 2. Run `make prepare-binaries`. This will update the branch `generate-binary`, which kicks off a build via Github actions to create `.node` binaries for every relevant Node.js version. |
| 3. When the build completes, it'll generate a zip file of artifacts. Download those. |
| 4. Back on master, run `npm version <type>` to update the version in git. `git push --tags`. |
| 5. On Github, upload the contents of the artifacts folder to the release for the newly tagged version. |
| 6. Run `npm publish`. |
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