Calculate MD5 Hash of File (or SHA-1, and other hash algorithms)

Demonstrates how to calculate a hash for a file's contents.

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import sys
import chilkat

crypt = chilkat.CkCrypt2()

success = crypt.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print "Crypt component unlock failed"
    sys.exit()

#  Set the name of the hash algorithm.
#  Other choices include "sha1", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", and "haval".
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("md5")

#  EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the hash output.
#  It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex")

#  Files of any type may be hashed -- it doesn't matter
#  if the file is binary or text...

hashStr = crypt.hashFileENC("c:/temp/something.dat")

print hashStr