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Encrypt and decrypt a string with Node.js
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node-encrypt-decrypt.js
crypto = require('crypto');
exampleClientId = 'my_client_id'
mySharedKey = 'shared_key'
cipher = crypto.createCipher('aes256', mySharedKey)
cipherText = cipher.update(exampleClientId, 'utf8', 'base64')
cipherText += cipher.final('base64')
decipher = crypto.createDecipher('aes256', mySharedKey)
res = decipher.update(cipherText, 'base64', 'utf8')
res += decipher.final('utf8')
console.log(exampleClientId, res, exampleClientId === res)
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