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url: /process-functions/security-sha256.md
description: Generate a SHA256 hash from a string.
---

# security.sha256

Generate a SHA256 hash from a string.

```js
security.sha256(str);
```

#### Parameters

* `str` - The string to hash.

```js
let hash = security.sha256("Hello"); // "185f8db32271fe25f561a6fc938b2e264306ec304eda518007d1764826381969"
```