spookyhash

library2.1.1pypypi✓ verified 83d ago

A Python wrapper for SpookyHash version 2, a fast non-cryptographic hash function. Current version 2.1.1 provides hash128 and hash64 algorithms with an API similar to hashlib. Release cadence is low; last update July 2024.

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pip install spookyhash

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · SPOOKYHASH

spookyhash

databasepythonv2.1.1

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

hash128

✓ from spookyhash import hash128

hash128 is a function; no common wrong import.

hash64

✓ from spookyhash import hash64

hash64 is a function; no common wrong import.

Hash

✓ from spookyhash import Hash

Hash is the class for incremental hashing; no common wrong import.

Quickstart: compute hash of bytes or use incremental hashing.

from spookyhash import hash128, hash64 # Simple hashing print(hash128(b"hello world")) print(hash64(b"hello world")) # Incremental hashing (like hashlib) from spookyhash import Hash h = Hash() h.update(b"hello") h.update(b" world") print(h.hexdigest())

Debug

Known issues

breakingIn version 2.1.0, Hash.hexdigest() changed from returning bytes to returning str, aligning with hashlib. Code expecting bytes will break.

fix

Update code to expect str from hexdigest(), or use .digest() for bytes.

affects: >=2.1.0

gotchaspookyhash is non-cryptographic; do not use for security purposes like password hashing or digital signatures.

fix

Use hashlib or cryptography for secure hashing.

affects: all

deprecatedThe older spookyhash package (version 1.x) had a different API. Ensure you are using version 2.x and importing from 'spookyhash'.

fix

Upgrade to 2.1.1 and follow the current API.

affects: 1.x

Errors

Common errors & fixes

AttributeError: module 'spookyhash' has no attribute 'spookyhash128'

Old API from version 1.x imports incorrectly.

fix

Use from spookyhash import hash128 (or hash64).

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Passing a string instead of bytes to hash functions.

fix

Encode the string: hash128(b"text") or hash128("text".encode()).

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Version history

2.1.1latest on PyPI · released Nov 9, 2025

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