node.js hash string?

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If you just want to md5 hash a simple string I found this works for me.

var crypto = require('crypto');
var name="braitsch";
var hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(name).digest('hex');
console.log(hash); // 9b74c9897bac770ffc029102a200c5de

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