farmhash

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

Prebuilt binaries are provided for use with all JavaScript runtimes that provide support for Node-API v9, including Node.js (^18.17.0 or >= 20.3.0), Deno and Bun.

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

This package has been tested with Node.js 18 to 24 on Linux, macOS and Windows using x64 and ARM64 CPUs.

Functions in the FarmHash family are not suitable for cryptography.

Installation

npm install farmhash

Usage

const farmhash = require('farmhash');

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'

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'

API

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.

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.

Licensing

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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