2 :mod:`hmac` --- Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
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6 :synopsis: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) implementation for Python.
7 .. moduleauthor:: Gerhard Häring <ghaering@users.sourceforge.net>
8 .. sectionauthor:: Gerhard Häring <ghaering@users.sourceforge.net>
13 This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`.
16 .. function:: new(key[, msg[, digestmod]])
18 Return a new hmac object. If *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)``
19 is made. *digestmod* is the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to
20 use. It defaults to the :func:`hashlib.md5` constructor.
24 The md5 hash has known weaknesses but remains the default for backwards
25 compatibility. Choose a better one for your application.
27 An HMAC object has the following methods:
30 .. method:: hmac.update(msg)
32 Update the hmac object with the string *msg*. Repeated calls are equivalent to
33 a single call with the concatenation of all the arguments: ``m.update(a);
34 m.update(b)`` is equivalent to ``m.update(a + b)``.
37 .. method:: hmac.digest()
39 Return the digest of the strings passed to the :meth:`update` method so far.
40 This string will be the same length as the *digest_size* of the digest given to
41 the constructor. It may contain non-ASCII characters, including NUL bytes.
44 .. method:: hmac.hexdigest()
46 Like :meth:`digest` except the digest is returned as a string twice the length
47 containing only hexadecimal digits. This may be used to exchange the value
48 safely in email or other non-binary environments.
51 .. method:: hmac.copy()
53 Return a copy ("clone") of the hmac object. This can be used to efficiently
54 compute the digests of strings that share a common initial substring.
60 The python module providing secure hash functions.