Crypto

Available in workers

The Crypto interface represents basic cryptography features available in the current context. It allows access to a cryptographically strong random number generator and to cryptographic primitives.

The Crypto is available in windows using the crypto property and in workers using the crypto property.

Instance properties

• subtle Read only
  • : Returns a SubtleCrypto object providing access to common cryptographic primitives, like hashing, signing, encryption, or decryption.

Instance methods

• getRandomValues()
  • : Fills the passed TypedArray with cryptographically sound random values.
• randomUUID()
  • : Returns a randomly generated, 36 character long v4 UUID.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Web security
• Secure contexts
• Features restricted to secure contexts
• Transport Layer Security
• Strict-Transport-Security