Function

GLibcompute_hmac_for_string

since: 2.30

Declaration 

gchar*
g_compute_hmac_for_string (
  GChecksumType digest_type,
  const guchar* key,
  gsize key_len,
  const gchar* str,
  gssize length
)

Description

Computes the HMAC for a string.

The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case.

Available since: 2.30

Parameters

digest_type

Type: GChecksumType

A GChecksumType to use for the HMAC.

key

Type: An array of guchar

The key to use in the HMAC.

The length of the array is specified in the key_len argument.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
key_len

Type: gsize

The length of the key.

str

Type: const gchar*

The string to compute the HMAC for.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
length

Type: gssize

The length of the string, or -1 if the string is nul-terminated.

Return value

Type: gchar*

The HMAC as a hexadecimal string. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when done using it.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.