The crypto.createCipheriv() method is an inbuilt application programming interface of the crypto module which is used to create a Cipher object, with the stated algorithm, key, and initialization vector (iv).
Syntax:
crypto.createCipheriv( algorithm, key, iv, options )
Parameters: This method accepts four parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- algorithm: It is a string-type value that dependent on OpenSSL. The examples are aes192, aes256, etc.
- key: It is the raw key that is used by the algorithm and iv.
- iv: It is an initialization vector that must be uncertain and very unique. However, an ideal iv will be cryptographically random. It don’t need to be secret.
- options: It is an optional parameter that is used to control stream behavior. It is optional except when a cipher is used in CCM or OCB mode(e.g. ‘aes-128-ccm’).
Return Value: It returns Cipher object.
Example 1: Below examples illustrate the use of crypto.createCipheriv() method in NodeJs:
// Node.js program to demonstrate the // crypto.createCipheriv() method // Includes crypto module const crypto = require( 'crypto' );
// Defining algorithm const algorithm = 'aes-256-cbc' ;
// Defining key const key = crypto.randomBytes(32); // Defining iv const iv = crypto.randomBytes(16); // An encrypt function function encrypt(text) {
// Creating Cipheriv with its parameter
let cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(
'aes-256-cbc' , Buffer.from(key), iv);
// Updating text
let encrypted = cipher.update(text);
// Using concatenation
encrypted = Buffer.concat([encrypted, cipher.final()]);
// Returning iv and encrypted data
return {
iv: iv.toString( 'hex' ),
encryptedData: encrypted.toString( 'hex' )
};
} // Displays output var output = encrypt( "GeeksforGeeks" );
console.log(output); |
Output:
{ iv: 'fb1f4b0a7daaada6cae678df32fad0f0',
encryptedData: '41aad2618892aa3d1850d336ad15b50e' }
Example 2: Below examples illustrate the use of crypto.createCipheriv() method in NodeJs:
// Node.js program to demonstrate the // crypto.createCipheriv() method // Includes crypto module const crypto = require( 'crypto' );
// Defining algorithm const algorithm = 'aes-192-cbc' ;
// Defining password const password = 'bncaskdbvasbvlaslslasfhj' ;
// Defining key const key = crypto.scryptSync(password, 'GfG' , 24);
// Defininf iv const iv = Buffer.alloc(16, 0); // Creating cipher const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(algorithm, key, iv); // Declaring encrypted let encrypted = '' ;
// Reading data cipher.on( 'readable' , () => {
let chunk;
while ( null !== (chunk = cipher.read())) {
encrypted += chunk.toString( 'base64' );
}
}); // Handling end event cipher.on( 'end' , () => {
console.log(encrypted);
}); // Writing data cipher.write( 'CS-Portal' );
cipher.end(); console.log( "done" );
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Output:
done
MfHwhG/WPv+TIbG/qM78qA==
We have a Cheat Sheet on Nodejs crypto methods where we covered all the crypto methods to check those please go through Node Crypto Module Complete Reference this article.