---
title: hmac
description: Returns a cryptographic hash that uses a key to sign a message.
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: functions
keywords: [hmac,checksum]
signature: ["crypto.HMAC HASH_TYPE KEY MESSAGE [ENCODING]","hmac HASH_TYPE KEY MESSAGE [ENCODING]" ]
relatedfuncs: [hmac]
---

Set the `HASH_TYPE` argument to `md5`, `sha1`, `sha256`, or `sha512`.

Set the optional `ENCODING` argument to either `hex` (default) or `binary`.

```go-html-template
{{ hmac "sha256" "Secret key" "Secret message" }}
5cceb491f45f8b154e20f3b0a30ed3a6ff3027d373f85c78ffe8983180b03c84

{{ hmac "sha256" "Secret key" "Secret message" "hex" }}
5cceb491f45f8b154e20f3b0a30ed3a6ff3027d373f85c78ffe8983180b03c84

{{ hmac "sha256" "Secret key" "Secret message" "binary" | base64Encode }}
XM60kfRfixVOIPOwow7Tpv8wJ9Nz+Fx4/+iYMYCwPIQ=
```