SHA256 in swift

You have to convert explicitly between Int and CC_LONG, because Swift does not do implicit conversions, as in (Objective-)C.

You also have to define hash as an array of the required size.

func sha256(data : NSData) -> NSData {
    var hash = [UInt8](count: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH), repeatedValue: 0)
    CC_SHA256(data.bytes, CC_LONG(data.length), &hash)
    let res = NSData(bytes: hash, length: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH))
    return res
}

Alternatively, you can use NSMutableData to allocate the needed buffer:

func sha256(data : NSData) -> NSData {
    let res = NSMutableData(length: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH))
    CC_SHA256(data.bytes, CC_LONG(data.length), UnsafeMutablePointer(res.mutableBytes))
    return res
}

Update for Swift 3 and 4:

func sha256(data : Data) -> Data {
    var hash = [UInt8](repeating: 0,  count: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH))
    data.withUnsafeBytes {
        _ = CC_SHA256($0, CC_LONG(data.count), &hash)
    }
    return Data(bytes: hash)
}

Update for Swift 5:

func sha256(data : Data) -> Data {
    var hash = [UInt8](repeating: 0,  count: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH))
    data.withUnsafeBytes {
        _ = CC_SHA256($0.baseAddress, CC_LONG(data.count), &hash)
    }
    return Data(hash)
}

Updated for Swift 5.

Put this extension somewhere in your project and use it on a string like this: mystring.sha256(), or on data with data.sha256()

import Foundation
import CommonCrypto

extension Data{
    public func sha256() -> String{
        return hexStringFromData(input: digest(input: self as NSData))
    }
    
    private func digest(input : NSData) -> NSData {
        let digestLength = Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH)
        var hash = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: digestLength)
        CC_SHA256(input.bytes, UInt32(input.length), &hash)
        return NSData(bytes: hash, length: digestLength)
    }
    
    private  func hexStringFromData(input: NSData) -> String {
        var bytes = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: input.length)
        input.getBytes(&bytes, length: input.length)
        
        var hexString = ""
        for byte in bytes {
            hexString += String(format:"%02x", UInt8(byte))
        }
        
        return hexString
    }
}

public extension String {
    func sha256() -> String{
        if let stringData = self.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
            return stringData.sha256()
        }
        return ""
    }
}

With CryptoKit added in iOS13, we now have native Swift API:

import Foundation
import CryptoKit

// CryptoKit.Digest utils
extension Digest {
    var bytes: [UInt8] { Array(makeIterator()) }
    var data: Data { Data(bytes) }

    var hexStr: String {
        bytes.map { String(format: "%02X", $0) }.joined()
    }
}

func example() {
    guard let data = "hello world".data(using: .utf8) else { return }
    let digest = SHA256.hash(data: data)
    print(digest.data) // 32 bytes
    print(digest.hexStr) // B94D27B9934D3E08A52E52D7DA7DABFAC484EFE37A5380EE9088F7ACE2EFCDE9
}

Because utils are defined for protocol Digest, you can use it for all digest type in CryptoKit, like SHA384Digest, SHA512Digest, SHA1Digest, MD5Digest...

Functions giving the SHA from NSData & String (Swift 3):

func sha256(_ data: Data) -> Data? {
    guard let res = NSMutableData(length: Int(CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH)) else { return nil }
    CC_SHA256((data as NSData).bytes, CC_LONG(data.count), res.mutableBytes.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self))
    return res as Data
}

func sha256(_ str: String) -> String? {
    guard
        let data = str.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8),
        let shaData = sha256(data)
        else { return nil }
    let rc = shaData.base64EncodedString(options: [])
    return rc
}

Include in your bridging header:

#import "CommonCrypto/CommonCrypto.h"

SHA256 in swift

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