Generating a SHA256 hash with Crypto++, using a string as input and output?

Question

I need an example of how to use Crypto++ to generate a SHA256 hash from a std::string and output a std::string. I can\'t seem to figure it out. Everything I\'ve tried gives me i

Answer 1

This outputs a base64 string using the CryptoPP::Base64Encoder:

#include "sha.h"
#include "filters.h"
#include "base64.h"

std::string SHA256HashString(std::string aString){
    std::string digest;
    CryptoPP::SHA256 hash;

    CryptoPP::StringSource foo(aString, true,
    new CryptoPP::HashFilter(hash,
      new CryptoPP::Base64Encoder (
         new CryptoPP::StringSink(digest))));

    return digest;
}