Calculate a MD5 hash from a string

Question

I use the following C# code to calculate a MD5 hash from a string. It works well and generates a 32-character hex string like this: 900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72

Answer 1

StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < tmpHash.Length; i++)
{
   sb.Append(tmpHash[i].ToString("x2"));
}

Answer 2

Was trying to create a string representation of MD5 hash using LINQ, however, none of the answers were LINQ solutions, therefore adding this to the smorgasbord of available solutions.

string result;
using (MD5 hash = MD5.Create())
{
    result = String.Join
    (
        "",
        from ba in hash.ComputeHash
        (
            Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(observedText)
        ) 
        select ba.ToString("x2")
    );
}

Answer 3

Support string and file stream.

examples

string hashString = EasyMD5.Hash("My String");

string hashFile = EasyMD5.Hash(System.IO.File.OpenRead("myFile.txt"));

-

   class EasyMD5
        {
            private static string GetMd5Hash(byte[] data)
            {
                StringBuilder sBuilder = new StringBuilder();
                for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
                    sBuilder.Append(data[i].ToString("x2"));
                return sBuilder.ToString();
            }

            private static bool VerifyMd5Hash(byte[] data, string hash)
            {
                return 0 == StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Compare(GetMd5Hash(data), hash);
            }

            public static string Hash(string data)
            {
                using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
                    return GetMd5Hash(md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data)));
            }
            public static string Hash(FileStream data)
            {
                using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
                    return GetMd5Hash(md5.ComputeHash(data));
            }

            public static bool Verify(string data, string hash)
            {
                using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
                    return VerifyMd5Hash(md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data)), hash);
            }

            public static bool Verify(FileStream data, string hash)
            {
                using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
                    return VerifyMd5Hash(md5.ComputeHash(data), hash);
            }
        }

Answer 4

This solution requires c# 8 and takes advantage of Span<T>. Note, you would still need to call .Replace("-", string.Empty).ToLowerInvariant() to format the result if necessary.

public static string CreateMD5(ReadOnlySpan<char> input)
{
    var encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
    var inputByteCount = encoding.GetByteCount(input);
    using var md5 = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create();

    Span<byte> bytes = inputByteCount < 1024
        ? stackalloc byte[inputByteCount]
        : new byte[inputByteCount];
    Span<byte> destination = stackalloc byte[md5.HashSize / 8];

    encoding.GetBytes(input, bytes);

    // checking the result is not required because this only returns false if "(destination.Length < HashSizeValue/8)", which is never true in this case
    md5.TryComputeHash(bytes, destination, out int _bytesWritten);

    return BitConverter.ToString(destination.ToArray());
}

Answer 5

A MD5 hash is 128 bits, so you can't represent it in hex with less than 32 characters...

Answer 6

I suppose it is better to use UTF-8 encoding in the string MD5.

public static string MD5(this string s)
{
    using (var provider = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create())
    {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();                           

        foreach (byte b in provider.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s)))
            builder.Append(b.ToString("x2").ToLower());

        return builder.ToString();
    }
}