Run string through hashlib

Question

Lets say i have a string like:

string = '456878921'

I would like to run this string through every hashing type python can offer from some package (lets say hashlib), so ideally, solution for this problem would be something like:

hashes = ['md5', 'sha256']

for n in hashes:
    print(str(n) + ": " + str(hashlib.n(string).hexdigest())

Is this even possible in python?

Answer 1

You can use getattr:

bytes = string.encode('utf-8') # hashlib algorithms require bytes!

for h in hashes:
    hash = getattr(hashlib, h)
    print(f'{h}: {hash(bytes).hexdigest()}')