Generating an MD5 Hash Value

Updated on 2023-11-28 GMT+08:00

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Function Name

$md5(StringA)

Parameter Description

StringA: string to be encoded. The value contains a maximum of 256 bytes and supports the following special characters: !*'();:@&=+$,/?#[]-.~%<>_|{}`^.

Function Description

Converts a string into an MD5 hash value. Parameter A supports the following types:

Value in the format listed in Parameter Description
Environment parameters
Local parameters
Other built-in functions

Application Scenarios

The MD5 hash function can be used in the following scenarios for API automation:

Request URL
Request header
Request body
Checkpoint property
if condition
for loop interrupt condition

Example

Request URL
As shown in the following figure, the value of test in the request URL is the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is the string abc123.
Request header
As shown in the following figure, the value of Accept-Encoding in the request header is the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is the string abc123.
Request body
As shown in the following figure, the request body uses the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is $uuid().
Checkpoint property
As shown in the following figure, the target value of the checkpoint property result is the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is the local parameter test. For details about how to set local parameters, see Local Parameters.
if condition
As shown in the following figure, the target value of the if condition is the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is the environment variable status. For details about how to set environment parameters, see Setting Environment Parameters.
for loop interrupt condition
As shown in the following figure, the target value of the for loop interrupt condition is the MD5 hash value generation function. Parameter A in the function is the string abc123.