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digest.sha512

The digest.sha512 function returns the SHA-512 digest of a string as lowercase hexadecimal. It takes the same argument as digest.sha256 and returns a 128-character string. Use it when a registry or checksum file expects SHA-512.

Usage​

digest.sha512(data)

Arguments​

data
Required. The string to hash, as bytes. File contents from fs.read_file hash exactly as stored.

Returns​

The digest as a 128-character lowercase hexadecimal string.

Example​

Verify a download against a SHA-512 checksum file​

expected = fs.read_file("release.tar.gz.sha512").split()[0]
actual = digest.sha512(fs.read_file("release.tar.gz"))
if actual != expected:
    fail("checksum mismatch for release.tar.gz")

Errors​

  • A missing argument, or an argument that is not a string, fails with an argument error.

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