treehash

treehash.js

treehash.js is a node.js implementation of the SHA256 Tree Hash algorithm, notably used by Amazon Glacier.

For more information, AWS has a good read through: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/checksum-calculations.html

Use

npm install treehash

Calculate the Tree Hash by loading the entire file into a buffer:

var fs = require('fs');
var treehash = require('treehash');
 
fs.readFile('./lib/treehash.js', function(err, buffer) {
  var sha = treehash.getTreeHashFromBuffer(buffer)
  console.log("SHA256 Tree Hash -", sha)
})

Incrementally calculate a treehash from a file stream:

var fs = require('fs');
var treehash = require('treehash');
 
var thStream = treehash.createTreeHashStream ();
 
var fileStream = fs.createReadStream('./lib/treehash.js');
fileStream.on('data', function(chunk) {
    thStream.update(chunk);
});
 
fileStream.on('end', function (){
    var sha = thStream.digest();
  console.log("SHA256 Tree Hash -", sha)
});