farmhash

Node.js implementation of Google's FarmHash family of very fast hash functions.

FarmHash is the successor to CityHash. Functions in the FarmHash family are not suitable for cryptography. A fast, cryptographically-secure alternative is HighwayHash.

The 32-bit methods return a Number, the 64-bit methods return a BigInt and the 128-bit methods are not implemented.

This module uses FarmHash v1.1.0 (2015-03-01). It has been tested with Node.js 16, 18, 20 and 22 on Linux (glibc, musl), macOS (x64, arm64) and Windows (x86, x64).

Pre-compiled binaries are provided for Intel CPUs with SSE4.2 intrinsics and Apple ARM64 CPUs. Use the npm install --build-from-source flag to gain performance benefits on more modern CPUs such as those with AVX intrinsics.

Installation

npm install farmhash

yarn add farmhash

pnpm add farmhash

Usage

const farmhash = require('farmhash');

const hash = farmhash.hash32('test');
console.log(typeof hash); // 'number'

const hash = farmhash.hash64(new Buffer('test'));
console.log(typeof hash); // 'bigint'

const hash = farmhash.hash64WithSeed('test', 123);
console.log(typeof hash); // 'bigint'

const hash = farmhash.fingerprint32(new Buffer('test'));
console.log(typeof hash); // 'number'

const hash = farmhash.fingerprint64('test');
console.log(typeof hash); // 'bigint'

const hash = farmhash.fingerprint64signed('test');
console.log(typeof hash); // 'bigint'

API

Hash

The hash methods are platform dependent. Different CPU architectures, for example 32-bit vs 64-bit, Intel vs ARM, SSE4.2 vs AVX might produce different results for a given input.

hash32(input)

• input is the Buffer or String to hash.

Returns a Number containing the 32-bit unsigned integer hash value of input.

hash32WithSeed(input, seed)

• input is the Buffer or String to hash.
• seed is an integer Number to use as a seed.

Returns a Number containing the 32-bit unsigned integer hash value of input.

hash64(input)

• input is the Buffer or String to hash.

Returns a BigInt containing the 64-bit unsigned integer hash value of input.

hash64WithSeed(input, seed)

• input is the Buffer or String to hash.
• seed is an integer Number to use as a seed.

Returns a BigInt containing the 64-bit unsigned integer hash value of input.

hash64WithSeeds(input, seed1, seed2)

• input is the Buffer or String to hash.
• seed1 and seed2 are both an integer Number to use as seeds.

Returns a BigInt containing the 64-bit unsigned integer hash value of input.

Fingerprint

The fingerprint methods are platform independent, producing the same results for a given input on any machine.

fingerprint32(input)

• input is the Buffer or String to fingerprint.

Returns a Number containing the 32-bit unsigned integer fingerprint value of input.

fingerprint64(input)

• input is the Buffer or String to fingerprint.

Returns a BigInt containing the 64-bit unsigned integer fingerprint value of input.

fingerprint64signed(input)

• input is the Buffer or String to fingerprint.

Returns a BigInt containing the 64-bit signed integer fingerprint value of input.

This matches the signed behaviour of Google BigQuery's FARM_FINGERPRINT function.

Testing

npm test

Licence

Copyright 2014 Lovell Fuller and contributors.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

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