When I use this code to create a sha256 of a string
unsigned char hashedChars[32];
NSString *inputString;
inputString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"hello"];
NSData * inputData = [inputString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
CC_SHA256(inputData.bytes, inputData.length, hashedChars);
It returns the hash correctly, but I need to insert a string like this \x00\x25\x53 and in this case, the function returns a sha256 of empty string because the specified encoding cannot be used to convert the receiver.
Now, my question is:How to insert this special characters for generate a correct hash? Thanks
Try this, it worked for me
1) To get a hash for plain text input
-(NSString*)sha256HashFor:(NSString*)input
{
const char* str = [input UTF8String];
unsigned char result[CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
CC_SHA256(str, strlen(str), result);
NSMutableString *ret = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH*2];
for(int i = 0; i<CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH; i++)
{
[ret appendFormat:@"%02x",result[i]];
}
return ret;
}
2) To get hash for NSData
as input
Note:- I have used NSData
category, so the code is as follow
- (NSString *)SHA256_HASH {
//if (!self) return nil;
unsigned char hash[CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
if ( CC_SHA256([(NSData*)self bytes], [(NSData*)self length], hash) ) {
NSData *sha2 = [NSData dataWithBytes:hash length:CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
// description converts to hex but puts <> around it and spaces every 4 bytes
NSString *hash = [sha2 description];
hash = [hash stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
hash = [hash stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<" withString:@""];
hash = [hash stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">" withString:@""];
// hash is now a string with just the 40char hash value in it
//NSLog(@"hash = %@",hash);
// Format SHA256 fingerprint like
// 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
int keyLength=[hash length];
NSString *formattedKey = @"";
for (int i=0; i<keyLength; i+=2) {
NSString *substr=[hash substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(i, 2)];
if (i!=keyLength-2)
substr=[substr stringByAppendingString:@":"];
formattedKey = [formattedKey stringByAppendingString:substr];
}
return formattedKey;
}
return nil;
}
It's important to know that you need to import:
#import <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
Hope this help!
You probably should use NSData
instead of NSString
then. Where do you get that string from?
Some one looking the solution in Swift 3.0. here is
extension String {
// MARK: - SHA256
func get_sha256_String() -> String {
guard let data = self.data(using: .utf8) else {
print("Data not available")
return ""
}
return getHexString(fromData: digest(input: data as NSData))
}
private func digest(input : NSData) -> NSData {
let digestLength = Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH)
var hashValue = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: digestLength)
CC_SHA256(input.bytes, UInt32(input.length), &hashValue)
return NSData(bytes: hashValue, length: digestLength)
}
private func getHexString(fromData data: NSData) -> String {
var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: data.length)
data.getBytes(&bytes, length: data.length)
var hexString = ""
for byte in bytes {
hexString += String(format:"%02x", UInt8(byte))
}
return hexString
}}
How to Use it
let signatures = "yourStringToBeConverted".get_sha256_String()
also don't forgot to import #import <CommonCrypto/CommonHMAC.h>
in your Bridging-Header.h