How do I use SHA-256 in Python?

How do I use SHA-256 in Python?

You can use the hashlib library in Python to implement SHA-256. Would you like a code example?

Yes, please provide a code example.

Here's a simple example:

import hashlib

# Create a new sha256 hash object
hash_object = hashlib.sha256()

# Update the hash object with the bytes-like object
hash_object.update(b'Hello, World!')

# Get the hexadecimal representation of the digest
hex_dig = hash_object.hexdigest()
print(hex_dig)

What if I want to hash a string input from the user?

You can modify the code to take user input like this:

user_input = input('Enter a string to hash: ')
hash_object.update(user_input.encode())