Re: [nodejs] Crypto Error - TypeError: Not a string or buffer

[Ruben LZ Tan]

It works for me in node REPL. Node v0.8.11, OSX lion 10.7.5

Thanks,

Ruben Tan

On Friday, December 14, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Arunprabu Durairaju wrote:

I am trying to use crypt in my code to hash the password and getting the following error. I have given the code in the bottom of this post. I am using node version 0.8.16 on osx Lion 10.7.5.

I tried searching for the issue and found couple of similar posts but happening only on specific modules and they were old.

 

crypto.js:138

  return (new Hmac).init(hmac, key);

                    ^

TypeError: Not a string or buffer

    at Object.exports.createHmac (crypto.js:138:21)

    at addAdmin (/Users/apps//data_processor.js:37:26)

Here is my code:

    

var hashedpass = crypto.createHmac("sha1", password).update('salttext').digest("hex");

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[Ben Noordhuis]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Arunprabu Durairaju
<arun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use crypt in my code to hash the password and getting the
> following error. I have given the code in the bottom of this post. I am
> using node version 0.8.16 on osx Lion 10.7.5.
>
> I tried searching for the issue and found couple of similar posts but
> happening only on specific modules and they were old.
>
> crypto.js:138
> return (new Hmac).init(hmac, key);
> ^
> TypeError: Not a string or buffer
> at Object.exports.createHmac (crypto.js:138:21)
> at addAdmin (/Users/apps//data_processor.js:37:26)
>
> Here is my code:
>
> var hashedpass = crypto.createHmac("sha1",
> password).update('salttext').digest("hex");

The error message suggests `password` is neither a string or a buffer.