kibana-riya/src/ui/public/state_management/state_storage/state_hash.js

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import { Sha256 } from 'ui/crypto';

// This prefix is used to identify hash strings that have been encoded in the URL.
const HASH_PREFIX = 'h@';

export function createStateHash(json, existingJsonProvider) {
  if (typeof json !== 'string') {
    throw new Error('createHash only accepts strings (JSON).');
  }

  const hash = new Sha256().update(json, 'utf8').digest('hex');

  let shortenedHash;

  // Shorten the hash to at minimum 7 characters. We just need to make sure that it either:
  // a) hasn't been used yet
  // b) or has been used already, but with the JSON we're currently hashing.
  for (let i = 7; i < hash.length; i++) {
    shortenedHash = hash.slice(0, i);
    const existingJson = existingJsonProvider(shortenedHash);
    if (existingJson === null || existingJson === json) break;
  }

  return `${HASH_PREFIX}${shortenedHash}`;
}

export function isStateHash(str) {
  return String(str).indexOf(HASH_PREFIX) === 0;
}