Utility - Create HMAC

The 'Utility - Create HMAC' action allows you to create a Hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) using a secret key.

Credit Count

This is a Utility action and therefore consumes only 0.05 credits per operation (except 1 credit on the free plan). For example, 100 operations will consume 5 credits on a trial and all paid plans.

Default Parameters

The default 'Utility - Create HMAC' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• Data: The input string to be computed.
• Data Type: Select the input format of the data value provided (Text, HEX, File or BASE64).
• Key: The key (secret) used to compute the hash-based message authentication code (HMAC).
• Key Type: Select the input format of the key value provided (Text, HEX, File or BASE64).
• Digest Algorithm: The message digest algorithm.
• Output Type: Select the output format of the string value provided (Text, HEX or BASE64).

Advanced Parameters

The advanced 'Utility - Create HMAC' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• Case: Set whether the computed value should be returned in either upper or lower case.
• Encoding Type: Set the encoding type used to process the data and key.

Return Parameters

The 'Utility - Create HMAC' flow action returns the following data. 

Action Specific Return Values

• HMAC - The keyed-hash message authentication code.

Standard Return Values

• OperationId - The unique ID assigned to this operation.
• HttpStatusCode - The HTTP Status code for the response.
• HttpStatusMessage - The HTTP Status message for the response.
• Errors - An array of error messages should an error occur.
• Operation Status - Indicates whether the operation has been completed, has been queued or has failed.