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.. _class_HMACContext:

HMACContext
===========

**Inherits:** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Used to create an HMAC for a message using a key.

Description
-----------

The HMACContext class is useful for advanced HMAC use cases, such as streaming the message as it supports creating the message over time rather than providing it all at once.


.. tabs::

 .. code-tab:: gdscript

    extends Node
    var ctx = HMACContext.new()
    
    func _ready():
        var key = "supersecret".to_utf8()
        var err = ctx.start(HashingContext.HASH_SHA256, key)
        assert(err == OK)
        var msg1 = "this is ".to_utf8()
        var msg2 = "super duper secret".to_utf8()
        err = ctx.update(msg1)
        assert(err == OK)
        err = ctx.update(msg2)
        assert(err == OK)
        var hmac = ctx.finish()
        print(hmac.hex_encode())
    

 .. code-tab:: csharp

    using Godot;
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    
    public class CryptoNode : Node
    {
        private HMACContext ctx = new HMACContext();
        public override void _Ready()
        {
            PackedByteArray key = String("supersecret").to_utf8();
            Error err = ctx.Start(HashingContext.HASH_SHA256, key);
            GD.Assert(err == OK);
            PackedByteArray msg1 = String("this is ").to_utf8();
            PackedByteArray msg2 = String("super duper secret").to_utf8();
            err = ctx.Update(msg1);
            GD.Assert(err == OK);
            err = ctx.Update(msg2);
            GD.Assert(err == OK);
            PackedByteArray hmac = ctx.Finish();
            GD.Print(hmac.HexEncode());
        }
    }
    



Methods
-------

+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` | :ref:`finish<class_HMACContext_method_finish>` **(** **)**                                                                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>`         | :ref:`start<class_HMACContext_method_start>` **(** :ref:`HashType<enum_HashingContext_HashType>` hash_type, :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` key **)** |
+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>`         | :ref:`update<class_HMACContext_method_update>` **(** :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` data **)**                                                       |
+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Method Descriptions
-------------------

.. _class_HMACContext_method_finish:

- :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` **finish** **(** **)**

Returns the resulting HMAC. If the HMAC failed, an empty :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` is returned.

----

.. _class_HMACContext_method_start:

- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **start** **(** :ref:`HashType<enum_HashingContext_HashType>` hash_type, :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` key **)**

Initializes the HMACContext. This method cannot be called again on the same HMACContext until :ref:`finish<class_HMACContext_method_finish>` has been called.

----

.. _class_HMACContext_method_update:

- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **update** **(** :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>` data **)**

Updates the message to be HMACed. This can be called multiple times before :ref:`finish<class_HMACContext_method_finish>` is called to append ``data`` to the message, but cannot be called until :ref:`start<class_HMACContext_method_start>` has been called.

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.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`
.. |constructor| replace:: :abbr:`constructor (This method is used to construct a type.)`
.. |static| replace:: :abbr:`static (This method doesn't need an instance to be called, so it can be called directly using the class name.)`
.. |operator| replace:: :abbr:`operator (This method describes a valid operator to use with this type as left-hand operand.)`