How to achieve "Base64 encoded SHA-1 hash of a string" in Node.js

Question

How to achieve "Base64 encoded SHA-1 hash of a string" in Nodejs.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Crypto can return base64 encoded results directly:

var crypto = require('crypto');
var s = 'the quick brown fox';
var sha = crypto.createHash('sha1');
sha.update(s);
var ret = sha.digest('base64');
console.log(ret);