The sha Module

The sha module provides an alternative way to calculate message signatures, as shown in Example 2-39. It's similar to the md5 module, but generates 160-bit signatures instead.

Example 2-39. Using the sha Module

File: sha-example-1.py import sha hash = sha.new() hash.update("spam, spam, and eggs") print repr(hash.digest()) print hash.hexdigest() '3213330326I331272-j303247240345343Tvq364346311' d1db031649d9ba2d6ac3a7a0e5e3547671f4e6c9

See the md5 examples for more ways to use sha signatures.