hmac
HMAC signature of a message
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Compute an HMAC (keyed hash) of a message with a secret, using SHA-1/256/384/512, returned as hex or Base64. Use to sign webhook payloads or verify a signature instead of guessing. LLMs cannot compute this by hand.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| message | string | yes | The message to sign (UTF-8). |
| secret | string | yes | The shared secret key (UTF-8). |
| algorithm | string | no | Hash algorithm. |
| encoding | string | no | Output encoding. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"message": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 0,
"maxLength": 100000,
"description": "The message to sign (UTF-8)."
},
"secret": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 4096,
"description": "The shared secret key (UTF-8)."
},
"algorithm": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"sha-256",
"sha-1",
"sha-384",
"sha-512"
],
"default": "sha-256",
"description": "Hash algorithm."
},
"encoding": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"hex",
"base64"
],
"default": "hex",
"description": "Output encoding."
}
},
"required": [
"message",
"secret"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}