Python MD5 Hash: Python Tutorial

Python’s hashlib is a module of Python’s Standard library which contains some very popular hashing algorithms. If you have OpenSSL installed then hashlib can use its algorithms too.

In this tutorial you will learn about Python MD5 Hashing.

Python MD5 Hash

Message digest algorithm produces a 128 bit hash value. MD5 is widely used for checking data integrity. MD5 has some security vulnerabilities so it is not suitable for securing sensitive informations.

Python MD5 hashing functionality can help you in converting any bytes to MD5 hash.

Examples

Here are some examples regarding Python MD5 Hashing. Have a look at these:

Python 2:

import hashlib
mystring = "Any string you want"
print hashlib.md5( mystring ).hexdigest()

Python 3:

import hashlib
mystring = "Any string you want"
print(hashlib.md5(mystring.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest())

When you run this script you will see an output like this:

f09fa758091e5c826f5e96600574f245

Now we will take an input and convert it to MD5 hash with Python.

import hashlib
mystring = input('Enter String to hash: ')
hash_object = hashlib.md5(mystring.encode())
print(hash_object.hexdigest())

When you run this script, it will ask for an input. If you give an input then it will show the output which is the MD5 hash of your input.

Hope this tutorial helped you somehow.

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