{"json_modified": "2016-06-30T21:19:08.335099", "uuid": "8187803d-b5e4-459d-8ca9-de06e577cf41", "title": "SubtleCrypto.digest()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/digest", "tags": ["API", "Reference", "WebCrypto API", "SubtleCrypto", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-06-30T21:19:08", "label": "SubtleCrypto.digest()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 134355, "last_edit": "2016-06-25T20:19:36", "summary": "The <code><strong>SubtleCrypto.digest()</strong></code> method returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise\" title=\"The Promise object is used for asynchronous computations. A Promise represents an operation that hasn't completed yet, but is expected in the future.\"><code>Promise</code></a> of a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/digest\" title=\"digest: A&#xA0;digest is a&#xA0;small value generated by a hash function from a whole message. Ideally, a digest is quick to calculate, irreversible,&#xA0;and unpredictable, and therefore indicates whether someone has&#xA0;tampered with a given message.\">digest</a> generated from the <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/hash_function\" title=\"The definition of that term (hash function) has not been written yet; please consider contributing it!\">hash function</a> and text given as parameters.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Return_value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Example", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/SubtleCrypto/digest", "review_tags": []}