{"json_modified": "2016-05-26T11:53:18.597037", "uuid": "981bd714-3242-4178-bbae-624ca9e95abc", "title": "SubtleCrypto.decrypt()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/decrypt", "tags": ["API", "Reference", "Web Crypto API", "R\u00e9f\u00e9rence", "SubtleCrypto", "Api", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-05-26T11:53:18", "label": "SubtleCrypto.decrypt()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 134365, "last_edit": "2016-05-26T11:53:14", "summary": "The <code><strong>SubtleCrypto.decrypt()</strong></code> method returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise\" title=\"The Promise object is used for deferred and asynchronous computations. A Promise represents an operation that hasn't completed yet, but is expected in the future.\"><code>Promise</code></a> of the <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/cleartext\" title=\"cleartext: Plaintext refers to information that is being used as an input to an encryption algorithm, or to ciphertext that has been decrypted.\">cleartext</a> corresponding to the <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/ciphertext\" title=\"ciphertext: In cryptography, a ciphertext is a scrambled message that conveys information but is not legible unless decrypted with&#xA0;the right cipher and&#xA0;the right secret (usually a key), reproducing the original cleartext. A ciphertext's&#xA0;security, and therefore the secrecy of the contained information, depends on using a secure cipher and keeping the key secret.\">ciphertext</a>, algorithm and key given as parameters.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Return_value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Exceptions", "title": "Exceptions"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/SubtleCrypto/decrypt", "review_tags": []}