{"id":7183,"date":"2021-01-07T21:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/?p=7183"},"modified":"2024-01-01T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T09:27:09","slug":"python-md5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/","title":{"rendered":"MD5 Hash Function: Implementation in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello coders!! In this article, we will be learning about MD5 in Python. We will discuss in detail its meaning, implementation, and application. Now without wasting any time, let&#8217;s get into the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#What_is_MD5\" >What is MD5?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#MD5_hash_in_Python\" >MD5 hash in Python:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Associated_Functions_with_md5\" >Associated Functions with md5:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Example_1_Printing_Byte_Equivalent_of_the_MD5_Hash_in_Python\" >Example 1:&nbsp;Printing Byte Equivalent of the MD5 Hash in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Example_2_Printing_the_Hexadecimal_Equivalent_of_the_MD5_Hash_in_Python\" >Example 2: Printing the Hexadecimal Equivalent of the MD5 Hash in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Example_3_Python_MD5_File_Checksum\" >Example 3: Python MD5 File Checksum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Output_Explanation\" >Output &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Example_4_Encode_a_string_in_MD5_using_Python\" >Example 4: Encode a string in MD5 using Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Output_Explanation-2\" >Output &amp; Explanation:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Example_5_Calculating_MD5_hash_of_a_file_in_Python\" >Example 5: Calculating MD5 hash of a file in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Output_Explanation-3\" >Output &amp; Explanation:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Applications\" >Applications:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Advantages\" >Advantages:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Disdavtages\" >Disdavtages:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-md5\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-md5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_MD5\"><\/span>What is MD5?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MD5 stands for the message-digest algorithm.<\/strong> It is a hash function that produces a 128-bit hash value. This is used as a checksum to verify data integrity. It is suitable for non-cryptographic purposes like determining the partition for a particular key in a partitioned database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-md5-hash-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MD5_hash_in_Python\"><\/span>MD5 hash in Python:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This hash function is available in the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-hashlib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> hashlib module <\/a>of Python. It takes a sequence of bytes as input and returns&nbsp;the 128-bit hash value as output. The primary use of the hash function is to check data integrity, but it has security issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-associated-functions-with-md5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Associated_Functions_with_md5\"><\/span>Associated Functions with md5:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>encode():<\/strong>&nbsp; to convert the string into bytes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>digest():<\/strong>&nbsp; to returns the encoded data in byte format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>hexdigest():&nbsp;<\/strong> to returns the encoded data in hexadecimal format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-1-printing-byte-equivalent-of-the-md5-hash-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_1_Printing_Byte_Equivalent_of_the_MD5_Hash_in_Python\"><\/span>Example 1:&nbsp;Printing Byte Equivalent of the MD5 Hash in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport hashlib \n\nresult = hashlib.md5(b'Python Pool') \nprint(&quot;Hash Value : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;)\nprint(result)\nprint(&quot;Equivalent Byte : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;) \nprint(result.digest()) \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-explanation\">Output &amp; Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"77\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"python md5 example\" class=\"wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-3.png 612w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-3-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Output<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p id=\"h-\">In this code, we take byte input, which is acceptable by the hash function. We then encoded this value using the md5 hash function. Lastly, we generated the byte equivalent of the encoded string using the digest() function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-2-printing-the-hexadecimal-equivalent-of-the-md5-hash-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_2_Printing_the_Hexadecimal_Equivalent_of_the_MD5_Hash_in_Python\"><\/span>Example 2: Printing the Hexadecimal Equivalent of the MD5 Hash in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport hashlib \n\nresult = hashlib.md5('Python Pool'.encode()) \nprint(&quot;Hash Value : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;)\nprint(result)\nprint(&quot;Hexadecimal Equivalent : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;) \nprint(result.hexdigest()) \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-explanation-1\">Output &amp; Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"67\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"Printing the Hexadecimal Equivalent of the MD5 Hash\" class=\"wp-image-7195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4.png 608w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4-300x33.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Output<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here, we converted the string into its byte equivalent using the encode() function, making it acceptable by the hash function. We then used the md5 function to encode it, and lastly, using the <strong>hexdigest() function<\/strong>, its hexadecimal equivalent is displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-3-python-md5-file-checksum\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_3_Python_MD5_File_Checksum\"><\/span>Example 3: Python MD5 File Checksum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nmd5_hash = hashlib.md5()\n\nfile = open(&quot;test.txt&quot;, &quot;rb&quot;)\ncontent = file.read()\nmd5_hash.update(content)\n\nresult = md5_hash.hexdigest()\nprint(result)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-explanation-2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Output_Explanation\"><\/span>Output &amp; Explanation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"27\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Example 3: Python MD5 File Checksum\" class=\"wp-image-7196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5.png 550w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Output<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this code, hashlib.md5() function is invoked to create an MD5 object. We have opened a file with &#8216;rb&#8217; mode where rb stands for &#8216;read bytes.&#8217; using the read() method, we read the file&#8217;s contents into a variable. The update() method updates the file contents. Finally, using the <strong>hexdigest() method<\/strong>, we have converted the hash into its hexadecimal equivalent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-4-encode-a-string-in-md5-using-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_4_Encode_a_string_in_MD5_using_Python\"><\/span>Example 4: Encode a string in MD5 using Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport hashlib \nstring = &quot;pythonpool.com&quot;\nencoded=string.encode()\nresult = hashlib.md5(encoded)\nprint(&quot;String : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;)\nprint(string)\nprint(&quot;Hash Value : &quot;, end =&quot;&quot;)\nprint(result)\nprint(&quot;Hexadecimal equivalent: &quot;,result.hexdigest())\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-explanation-3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Output_Explanation-2\"><\/span>Output &amp; Explanation:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-30.png\" alt=\"Encode a string\" class=\"wp-image-7295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-30.png 556w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-30-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Output<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this example, we used the hashlib.md5() function to encode the string value into a hash value. We then used the <strong>hexdigest() method<\/strong> to get the hexadecimal equivalent of the generated hash value. Similarly, we can also use the digest() method to get the byte equivalent of the generated hash value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-5-calculating-md5-hash-of-a-file-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_5_Calculating_MD5_hash_of_a_file_in_Python\"><\/span>Example 5: Calculating MD5 hash of a file in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport hashlib\n\nwith open(&quot;sample.txt&quot;,&quot;rb&quot;) as f:\n    bytes = f.read()\n    print(&quot;Bytes read from the file:&quot;,bytes)\n    result = hashlib.md5(bytes)\n    print(&quot;Hah Value: &quot;,result)\n    print(&quot;The hexadecimal equivalent: &quot;)\n    print(result.hexdigest())\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-explanation-4\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Output_Explanation-3\"><\/span>Output &amp; Explanation:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"87\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31.png\" alt=\"Calculate MD5 hash of a file\" class=\"wp-image-7296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31.png 553w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-31-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Output<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this code, we first created a sample text file. We then read the contents of that file in bytes. We converted the bytes into a hash value and then finally saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-hexadecimal-to-decimal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hexadecimal<\/a> equivalent for the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-applications\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Applications\"><\/span>Applications:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Used in the software world to ensure that the transferred file is intact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is also used  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_discovery\">electronic discovery<\/a> by providing a unique identifier for each document that is exchanged during the legal discovery process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-advantages\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advantages\"><\/span>Advantages:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>provides security input of any size can be taken to produce an output if a 128-bit <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>generation of a message digest of the original message is straightforward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a message digest of a message having any number of bits can be performed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disdavtages\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disdavtages\"><\/span>Disdavtages:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is prone to hash collision weakness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>security over these collision attacks is not provided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quite slow in comparison to the optimized<a href=\"https:\/\/www.educba.com\/sha-algorithm\/\"> <\/a>SHA Algorithm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we discussed the md5 hash function in python. 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