getCipherInfo

external fun getCipherInfo(nameOrNid: String, options: CipherInfoOptions = definedExternally): CipherInfo?(source)
external fun getCipherInfo(nameOrNid: Double, options: CipherInfoOptions = definedExternally): CipherInfo?(source)

Returns information about a given cipher.

Some ciphers accept variable length keys and initialization vectors. By default, the crypto.getCipherInfo() method will return the default values for these ciphers. To test if a given key length or iv length is acceptable for given cipher, use the keyLength and ivLength options. If the given values are unacceptable, undefined will be returned.

Since

v15.0.0

Parameters

nameOrNid

The name or nid of the cipher to query.