[Tutor] Verifying password hash is SHA512

[Mats Wichmann]

On 11/16/21 11:11, Ken Lai wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a program that hashes passwords into SHA512, but I need to confirm.
> I found PHP code on the net:
> 
> $hashed = hash("sha512", $password);
> 
> Does Python have an equivalent?

it's not really that clear what you're asking.

In Python, the hashlib module is how you deal with hashes:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/hashlib.html

it supports many different hash formats, many of which are implemented 
behind the covers by a non-Python library.