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layout: "functions"
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page_title: "sha512 - Functions - Configuration Language"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-crypto-sha512"
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description: |-
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The sha512 function computes the SHA512 hash of a given string and encodes it
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with hexadecimal digits.
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---
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# `sha512` Function
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`sha512` computes the SHA512 hash of a given string and encodes it with
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hexadecimal digits.
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The given string is first encoded as UTF-8 and then the SHA512 algorithm is applied
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as defined in [RFC 4634](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634). The raw hash is
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then encoded to lowercase hexadecimal digits before returning.
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## Examples
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```
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> sha512("hello world")
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309ecc489c12d6eb4cc40f50c902f2b4d0ed77ee511a7c7a9bcd3ca86d4cd86f989dd35bc5ff499670da34255b45b0cfd830e81f605dcf7dc5542e93ae9cd76f
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```
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## Related Functions
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* [`filesha512`](./filesha512.html) calculates the same hash from
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the contents of a file rather than from a string value.
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* [`base64sha512`](./base64sha512.html) calculates the same hash but returns
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the result in a more-compact Base64 encoding.
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