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7.1. Built-in module `md5`

This module implements the interface to RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm (see also the file md5.doc). It's use is very straightforward: use the function md5 to create an md5-object. You can now ``feed'' this object with arbitrary strings.

At any time you can ask the ``final'' digest of the object. Internally, a temorary copy of the object is made and the digest is computed and returned. Because of the copy, the digest operation is not desctructive for the object. Before a more exact description of the use, a small example: to obtain the digest of the string 'abc', use ...

>>> from md5 import md5
>>> m = md5()

>>> m.update('abc')

>>> m.digest()

'\220\001P\230<\322O\260\326\226?}(\341\177r'

More condensed:

>>> md5('abc').digest()
'\220\001P\230<\322O\260\326\226?}(\341\177r'

md5 (arg) -- function of module md5: Create a new md5-object. arg is optional: if present, an initial update method is called with arg as argument.

An md5-object has the following methods:

update (arg) -- Method on md5: Update this md5-object with the string arg.

digest () -- Method on md5: Return the digest of this md5-object. Internally, a copy is made and the C-function MD5Final is called. Finally the digest is returned.

copy () -- Method on md5: Return a separate copy of this md5-object. An update to this copy won't affect the original object.

7.1. Built-in module md5

7.1. Built-in module `md5`