Unicode C

Compute Glacier SHA256 Tree Hash of a File

See more Amazon Glacier Examples

Computes the Amazon Glacier SHA256 tree hash for a file.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.78 or greater.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    const wchar_t *treeHashHex;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();

    // For more information about Amazon Glacier tree hashes, see Computing Glacier Checksums
    // Chilkat added the "sha256-tree-hash" algorithm in v9.5.0.78 to make it easy to compute the Glacier tree hash checksum
    // of a file or from bytes in memory.
    CkCrypt2W_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,L"sha256-tree-hash");

    // Return the hash in lowercase hexidecimal format.
    CkCrypt2W_putEncodingMode(crypt,L"hexlower");

    treeHashHex = CkCrypt2W_hashFileENC(crypt,L"qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg");
    wprintf(L"SHA256 tree hash = %s\n",treeHashHex);


    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);

    }