import hashlib def feed_file(h, f): """Feed data read from an open file into the hashlib instance.""" while True: data = f.read(65536) if len(data) == 0: # end of file break h.update(data) def feed_file_path(h, path): """Feed data read from a file (to be opened by this function) into the hashlib instance.""" with open(path, 'rb') as f: feed_file(h, f) def file_digest(algorithm, path): """Calculate the digest of a file and return it in hexadecimal notation.""" h = algorithm() feed_file_path(h, path) return h.hexdigest() def guess_digest_algorithm(digest): l = len(digest) if l == 32: return hashlib.md5 else: return None def verify_file_digest(path, expected_digest): """Verify the digest of a file, and return True if the digest matches with the given expected digest.""" algorithm = guess_digest_algorithm(expected_digest) assert(algorithm is not None) return file_digest(algorithm, path) == expected_digest