Hash a Password with Argon2 (Tuned Options)

Demonstrates Crypt2.Argon2HashPassword with explicit options: the cost parameters, saltLen (how many random salt bytes to generate when no salt is given), and an optional secret (pepper).

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    //  The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    var password = "correct horse battery staple";

    //  The Argon2 options are the same members as Argon2DeriveKey, except the salt is optional for
    //  hashing.  When no "salt" is given, a random salt is generated; "saltLen" (default 16, range 8..1024)
    //  sets how many random bytes to use.
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("variant","argon2id");
    json.UpdateInt("memoryCostKb",131072);
    json.UpdateInt("iterations",4);
    json.UpdateInt("parallelism",2);
    json.UpdateInt("saltLen",16);

    //  A secret (pepper) and/or ad may be used, but neither is stored in the returned PHC string.  The
    //  same values must be supplied to Argon2VerifyPassword for the password to verify.
    json.UpdateString("secret","application-wide-pepper");
    json.UpdateString("secretEncoding","utf-8");

    var phcHash = crypt.Argon2HashPassword(password,json.Emit());
    if (crypt.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(crypt.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(phcHash);

}

chilkatExample();