---
title: crypto.SHA256
linkTitle: sha256
description: Hashes the given input and returns its SHA256 checksum.
categories: [functions]
keywords: []
menu:
  docs:
    parent: functions
function:
  aliases: [sha256]
  returnType: string
  signatures: [crypto.SHA256 INPUT]
relatedFunctions:
  - crypto.FNV32a
  - crypto.HMAC
  - crypto.MD5
  - crypto.SHA1
  - crypto.SHA256
aliases: [/functions/sha256]
---

```go-html-template
{{ sha256 "Hello world" }} → 64ec88ca00b268e5ba1a35678a1b5316d212f4f366b2477232534a8aeca37f3c
```