def md5_hex_digest(*inputs):
"""
Calculates hexadecimal representation of the MD5 digest of a variable
number of inputs.
:param inputs:
A variable number of inputs for which the digest will be calculated.
:returns:
Hexadecimal representation of the MD5 digest.
"""
return bytes_to_hex(md5_digest(*inputs))
def generate_random_hex_string(length=8):
"""
Generates a random ASCII-encoded hexadecimal string of an even length.
:param length:
Length of the string to be returned. Default 32.
The length MUST be a positive even number.
:returns:
A string representation of a randomly-generated hexadecimal string.
"""
if length % 2 or length <= 0:
raise ValueError("This function expects a positive even number length: got length `%r`." % (length, ))
return bytes_to_hex(generate_random_bytes(length/2))
