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Node.js keyObject.symmetricKeySize Property

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The keyObject.symmetricKeySize property is an inbuilt application programming interface of class keyObject within the crypto module. It is used to find the key size of symmetric secret keys. The crypto module is present in Node.js and wrappers for OpenSSL’s hash, HMAC, cypher, decode, sign, and verify methods.

Syntax:

keyObject.symmetricKeySize

Returns: It returns the size of secret keys. It returns undefined for asymmetric keys.

Example:

Javascript




const {
    webcrypto: { subtle },
    KeyObject,
} = await import("crypto");
  
(async function () {
    const key = await subtle.generateKey(
        {
            name: "HMAC",
            hash: "SHA-256",
            length: 256,
        },
        true,
        ["sign", "verify"]
    );
  
    try {
        const keyObject = KeyObject.from(key);
        console.log(
            keyObject.symmetricKeySize
        );
    } catch (error) {
        console.log("Error has been occurred");
    }
})();


Output:

32

Example:

Javascript




const {
 KeyObject,
 webcrypto: { subtle, getRandomValues }
} = await import('node:crypto');
  
(async function(){
    const keyData=getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16));
    const key=await subtle.importKey("raw",keyData,"AES-GCM",false,["encrypt"])
    const keyObject = KeyObject.from(key);
        console.log(
            keyObject.symmetricKeySize
        );
})();


Output:

16

Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#keyobjectsymmetrickeysize



Last Updated : 23 Dec, 2022
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