---
title: crypto.SHA256
description: Hashes the given input and returns its SHA256 checksum encoded to a hexadecimal string.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
  functions_and_methods:
    aliases: [sha256]
    returnType: string
    signatures: [crypto.SHA256 INPUT]
aliases: [/functions/sha256]
---

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