1# Encryption and Decryption with an AES Symmetric Key (GCM Mode) (ArkTS)
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4For details about the algorithm specifications, see [AES](crypto-sym-encrypt-decrypt-spec.md#aes).
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7**Encryption**
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101. Use [cryptoFramework.createSymKeyGenerator](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#cryptoframeworkcreatesymkeygenerator) and [SymKeyGenerator.generateSymKey](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#generatesymkey-1) to generate a 128-bit AES symmetric key (**SymKey**).
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12   In addition to the example in this topic, [AES](crypto-sym-key-generation-conversion-spec.md#aes) and [Randomly Generating a Symmetric Key](crypto-generate-sym-key-randomly.md) may help you better understand how to generate an AES symmetric key. Note that the input parameters in the reference documents may be different from those in the example below.
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142. Use [cryptoFramework.createCipher](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#cryptoframeworkcreatecipher) with the string parameter **'AES128|GCM|PKCS7'** to create a **Cipher** instance. The key type is **AES128**, block cipher mode is **GCM**, and the padding mode is **PKCS7**.
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163. Use [Cipher.init](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#init-1) to initialize the **Cipher** instance. In the **Cipher.init** API, set **opMode** to **CryptoMode.ENCRYPT_MODE** (encryption), **key** to **SymKey** (the key for encryption), and **params** to **GcmParamsSpec** corresponding to the GCM mode.
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184. Use [Cipher.update](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#update-1) to pass in the data to be encrypted (plaintext).
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20   Currently, the amount of data to be passed in by a single **Cipher.update** is not limited. You can determine how to pass in data based on the data volume.
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22   - If a small amount of data is to be encrypted, you can use **Cipher.doFinal** immediately after **Cipher.init**.
23   - If a large amount of data is to be encrypted, you can call **Cipher.update** multiple times to pass in the data by segment.
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255. Use [Cipher.doFinal](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#dofinal-1) to obtain the encrypted data.
26   - If data has been passed in by **Cipher.update**, pass in **null** in the **data** parameter of **Cipher.doFinal**.
27   - The output of **Cipher.doFinal** may be **null**. To avoid exceptions, always check whether the result is **null** before accessing specific data.
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296. Obtain [GcmParamsSpec.authTag](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#gcmparamsspec) as the authentication information for decryption.
30   In GCM mode, extract the last 16 bytes from the encrypted data as the authentication information for initializing the **Cipher** instance in decryption. In the example, **authTag** is of 16 bytes.
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361. Use [Cipher.init](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#init-1) to initialize the **Cipher** instance. In the **Cipher.init** API, set **opMode** to **CryptoMode.DECRYPT_MODE** (decryption), **key** to **SymKey** (the key for decryption), and **params** to **GcmParamsSpec** corresponding to the GCM mode.
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382. Use [Cipher.update](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#update-1) to pass in the data to be decrypted (ciphertext).
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403. Use [Cipher.doFinal](../../reference/apis-crypto-architecture-kit/js-apis-cryptoFramework.md#dofinal-1) to obtain the decrypted data.
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43- Example (using asynchronous APIs):
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45  ```ts
46  import { cryptoFramework } from '@kit.CryptoArchitectureKit';
47  import { buffer } from '@kit.ArkTS';
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49  function genGcmParamsSpec() {
50    let arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 12 bytes
51    let dataIv = new Uint8Array(arr);
52    let ivBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataIv };
53    arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 8 bytes
54    let dataAad = new Uint8Array(arr);
55    let aadBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataAad };
56    arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 16 bytes
57    let dataTag = new Uint8Array(arr);
58    let tagBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = {
59      data: dataTag
60    }; 
61    // Obtain the GCM authTag from the Cipher.doFinal result in encryption and fill it in the params parameter of Cipher.init in decryption.
62    let gcmParamsSpec: cryptoFramework.GcmParamsSpec = {
63      iv: ivBlob,
64      aad: aadBlob,
65      authTag: tagBlob,
66      algName: "GcmParamsSpec"
67    };
68    return gcmParamsSpec;
69  }
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71  let gcmParams = genGcmParamsSpec();
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73  // Encrypt the message.
74  async function encryptMessagePromise(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
75    let cipher = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
76    await cipher.init(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.ENCRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
77    let encryptUpdate = await cipher.update(plainText);
78    // In GCM mode, pass in null in Cipher.doFinal in encryption. Obtain the tag data and fill it in the gcmParams object.
79    gcmParams.authTag = await cipher.doFinal(null);
80    return encryptUpdate;
81  }
82  // Decrypt the message.
83  async function decryptMessagePromise(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, cipherText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
84    let decoder = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
85    await decoder.init(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.DECRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
86    let decryptUpdate = await decoder.update(cipherText);
87    // In GCM mode, pass in null in Cipher.doFinal in decryption. Verify the tag data passed in Cipher.init. If the verification fails, an exception will be thrown.
88    let decryptData = await decoder.doFinal(null);
89    if (decryptData == null) {
90      console.info('GCM decrypt success, decryptData is null');
91    }
92    return decryptUpdate;
93  }
94  async function genSymKeyByData(symKeyData: Uint8Array) {
95    let symKeyBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: symKeyData };
96    let aesGenerator = cryptoFramework.createSymKeyGenerator('AES128');
97    let symKey = await aesGenerator.convertKey(symKeyBlob);
98    console.info('convertKey success');
99    return symKey;
100  }
101  async function main() {
102    let keyData = new Uint8Array([83, 217, 231, 76, 28, 113, 23, 219, 250, 71, 209, 210, 205, 97, 32, 159]);
103    let symKey = await genSymKeyByData(keyData);
104    let message = "This is a test";
105    let plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: new Uint8Array(buffer.from(message, 'utf-8').buffer) };
106    let encryptText = await encryptMessagePromise(symKey, plainText);
107    let decryptText = await decryptMessagePromise(symKey, encryptText);
108    if (plainText.data.toString() === decryptText.data.toString()) {
109      console.info('decrypt ok');
110      console.info('decrypt plainText: ' + buffer.from(decryptText.data).toString('utf-8'));
111    } else {
112      console.error('decrypt failed');
113    }
114  }
115  ```
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117- Example (using synchronous APIs):
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119  ```ts
120  import { cryptoFramework } from '@kit.CryptoArchitectureKit';
121  import { buffer } from '@kit.ArkTS';
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124  function genGcmParamsSpec() {
125    let arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 12 bytes
126    let dataIv = new Uint8Array(arr);
127    let ivBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataIv };
128    arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 8 bytes
129    let dataAad = new Uint8Array(arr);
130    let aadBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: dataAad };
131    arr = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; // 16 bytes
132    let dataTag = new Uint8Array(arr);
133    let tagBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = {
134      data: dataTag
135    };
136    // Obtain the GCM authTag from the Cipher.doFinal result in encryption and fill it in the params parameter of Cipher.init in decryption.
137    let gcmParamsSpec: cryptoFramework.GcmParamsSpec = {
138      iv: ivBlob,
139      aad: aadBlob,
140      authTag: tagBlob,
141      algName: "GcmParamsSpec"
142    };
143    return gcmParamsSpec;
144  }
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146  let gcmParams = genGcmParamsSpec();
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148  // Encrypt the message.
149  function encryptMessage(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
150    let cipher = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
151    cipher.initSync(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.ENCRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
152    let encryptUpdate = cipher.updateSync(plainText);
153    // In GCM mode, pass in null in Cipher.doFinal in encryption. Obtain the tag data and fill it in the gcmParams object.
154    gcmParams.authTag = cipher.doFinalSync(null);
155    return encryptUpdate;
156  }
157  // Decrypt the message.
158  function decryptMessage(symKey: cryptoFramework.SymKey, cipherText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob) {
159    let decoder = cryptoFramework.createCipher('AES128|GCM|PKCS7');
160    decoder.initSync(cryptoFramework.CryptoMode.DECRYPT_MODE, symKey, gcmParams);
161    let decryptUpdate = decoder.updateSync(cipherText);
162    // In GCM mode, pass in null in Cipher.doFinal in decryption. Verify the tag data passed in Cipher.init. If the verification fails, an exception will be thrown.
163    let decryptData = decoder.doFinalSync(null);
164    if (decryptData == null) {
165      console.info('GCM decrypt success, decryptData is null');
166    }
167    return decryptUpdate;
168  }
169  async function genSymKeyByData(symKeyData: Uint8Array) {
170    let symKeyBlob: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: symKeyData };
171    let aesGenerator = cryptoFramework.createSymKeyGenerator('AES128');
172    let symKey = await aesGenerator.convertKey(symKeyBlob);
173    console.info('convertKey success');
174    return symKey;
175  }
176  async function main() {
177    let keyData = new Uint8Array([83, 217, 231, 76, 28, 113, 23, 219, 250, 71, 209, 210, 205, 97, 32, 159]);
178    let symKey = await genSymKeyByData(keyData);
179    let message = "This is a test";
180    let plainText: cryptoFramework.DataBlob = { data: new Uint8Array(buffer.from(message, 'utf-8').buffer) };
181    let encryptText = encryptMessage(symKey, plainText);
182    let decryptText = decryptMessage(symKey, encryptText);
183    if (plainText.data.toString() === decryptText.data.toString()) {
184      console.info('decrypt ok');
185      console.info('decrypt plainText: ' + buffer.from(decryptText.data).toString('utf-8'));
186    } else {
187      console.error('decrypt failed');
188    }
189  }
190  ```
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