web3_sha3

Returns the keccak-256 (not the standarized sha3-256) of the given data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Data	HexString	Data to calculate the hash from.

Return Type

HexString - The keccak-256 digest of the given data.

Example

TypeScript

await provider.request({
  method: "web3_sha3",
  params: ["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],
});
// "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"