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How To Encrypt And Decrypt A String In Rust

If you need to encrypt or decrypt data using the Rust programming language, you can do it using the magic_crypt crate using a few lines of code. The example in this Rust tutorial explains how to encrypt and decrypt a string and print it to the screen afterwards.

Example Code: Encrypt A String With Rust


#[macro_use] extern crate magic_crypt;

use magic_crypt::MagicCryptTrait;

fn main() {
    let mcrypt = new_magic_crypt!("magickey", 256); //Creates an instance of the magic crypt library/crate.
    let encrypted_string = mcrypt.encrypt_str_to_base64("string to encrypt"); //Encrypts the string and saves it to the 'encrypted_string' variable.
    println!("Encrypted String: {}", encrypted_string); //Print the encrypted string to see if it worked.
}

The first line inside the ‘main’ function creates an instance of the magic crypt library/crate called ‘mcrypt’. The second line runs the ‘encrypt_str_to_base64’ function to encrypt your string, and then stores it in the ‘encrypted_string’ variable. The third prints the now encrypted string to the console.

Example Code: Decrypt A String With Rust

To decrypt a string using Rust, you can use the ‘encrypt_str_to_base64‘ method in magic_crypt:


#[macro_use] extern crate magic_crypt;

use magic_crypt::MagicCryptTrait;

fn main() {
    let mcrypt = new_magic_crypt!("magickey", 256); //Creates an instance of the magic crypt library/crate.
    let encrypted_string = mcrypt.encrypt_str_to_base64("string to encrypt"); //Encrypts the string and saves it to the 'encrypted_string' variable.
    println!("Encrypted String: {}", encrypted_string); //Print the encrypted string to see if it worked.
    let decrypted_string = mcrypt.decrypt_base64_to_string(&encrypted_string).unwrap(); //Decrypts the string so we can read it.
    println!("Decrypted String: {}", decrypted_string); //Print the human-readable, decrypted string.
}

The fourth line inside the main function decrypts the string we just encrypted, and stores it in the ‘decrypted_string’ variable. The fifth line prints the contents of that variable to the console.

Dependencies Required For This Tutorial

magic-crypt = “3.1.9”

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