crypt.generatekey - Real Function Reference

crypt.generatekey(): string

Returns

string

Base64 encoding of the generated 32 raw bytes. The returned string is not 32 characters long.

Example

Generate a Base64 key and decode it to inspect the raw byte count.

local key = crypt.generatekey()
local raw = base64_decode(key)

local ciphertext, iv = crypt.encrypt("hello world", key)

print(key)
print(#raw)
print(ciphertext, iv)