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AesCbcParams

The AesCbcParams object represents the object that should be passed as the algorithm parameter into the encrypt and decrypt operation when using the AES-CBC algorithm.

For more details, head to the MDN Web Crypto API documentation on AES-CBC.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
namestringShould be set to AES-CBC.
ivArrayBuffer, TypedArray, or DataViewThe initialization vector. Must be 16 bytes, unpredictable and cryptographically random. Yet, it doesn’t need to be secret and can be transmitted along with the ciphertext.

Example

JavaScript 
import { crypto } from 'k6/experimental/webcrypto';

export default async function () {
  const plaintext = stringToArrayBuffer('Hello, World!');

  /**
   * Generate a symmetric key using the AES-CBC algorithm.
   */
  const key = await crypto.subtle.generateKey(
    {
      name: 'AES-CBC',
      length: 256,
    },
    true,
    ['encrypt', 'decrypt']
  );

  /**
   * Encrypt the plaintext using the AES-CBC key with
   * have generated.
   */
  const ciphertext = await crypto.subtle.encrypt(
    {
      name: 'AES-CBC',
      iv: crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16)),
    },
    key,
    plaintext
  );
}

function stringToArrayBuffer(str) {
  const buf = new ArrayBuffer(str.length * 2); // 2 bytes for each char
  const bufView = new Uint16Array(buf);
  for (let i = 0, strLen = str.length; i < strLen; i++) {
    bufView[i] = str.charCodeAt(i);
  }
  return buf;
}