md5-hex/readme.md

Create a MD5 hash with hex encoding

# md5-hex

> Create a MD5 hash with hex encoding

*Please don't use MD5 hashes for anything sensitive!*

Works in the browser too, when used with a bundler (like Webpack, Rollup, Browserify).

Checkout [`hasha`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hasha) if you need something more flexible.

## Install

```sh
npm install md5-hex
```

## Usage

```js
import fs from 'node:fs';
import md5Hex from 'md5-hex';

const buffer = fs.readFileSync('unicorn.png');

md5Hex(buffer);
//=> '1abcb33beeb811dca15f0ac3e47b88d9'
```

## API

### md5Hex(data)

#### data

Type: `Buffer | string | Array<Buffer | string>`

Prefer buffers as they're faster to hash, but strings can be useful for small things.

Pass an array instead of concatenating strings and/or buffers. The output is the same, but arrays do not incur the overhead of concatenation.

## Related

- [crypto-hash](https://github.com/sindresorhus/crypto-hash) - Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
- [hasha](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hasha) - Hashing made simple
- [hash-obj](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hash-obj) - Get the hash of an object