hasher.py

import hashlib
# This module, hashlib, implements a common interface to many different secure hash
# including SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512, as well as MD5 algorithm

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# MD5:
hashvalue = input("* Enter a string to hash:")
hash_handle_1 = hashlib.md5()
hash_handle_1.update(hashvalue.encode())
print("The MD5 hash value is: ", hash_handle_1.hexdigest())

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# sha-1:
hash_handle_2 = hashlib.sha1()

# string.encode(): It returns an utf-8 encoded version of the string
# update: Update the hash object with the bytes-like object.
# Byte objects are in machine readable form internally, Strings are only in human readable form.
hash_handle_2.update(hashvalue.encode())

# return the digest as a string object of double length, containing only hexadecimal digits.
# the hash value is a hexadecimal string.
print("The sha-1 hash value is: ", hash_handle_2.hexdigest())

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# sha-224:
hash_handle_3 = hashlib.sha224()
hash_handle_3.update(hashvalue.encode())
print("The sha-224 hash value is: ", hash_handle_3.hexdigest())

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# sha-256:
hash_handle_4 = hashlib.sha256()
hash_handle_4.update(hashvalue.encode())
print("The sha-256 hash value is: ", hash_handle_4.hexdigest())

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# sha-512:
hash_handle_5 = hashlib.sha512()
hash_handle_5.update(hashvalue.encode())
print("The sha-512 hash value is: ", hash_handle_5.hexdigest())
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