Hashing file in Python 3?

Question

In Python 2, one could hash a string by just running:

someText = \"a\"
hashlib.sha256(someText).hexdigest()

But in Python 3, it needs to be

Answer 1

I have programmed a module which is able to hash big files with different algorithms.

pip3 install py_essentials

Use the module like this:

from py_essentials import hashing as hs
hash = hs.fileChecksum("path/to/the/file.txt", "sha256")

Take a look at the documentation.