code: def to_hex_string(ids, salt, padding_size=32):
      hashing = hashlib.sha384()
      hex_string = []
      for ch in ids:
          hashing.update(
              bytearray(ch, "utf-8") + bytearray(salt, "utf-8")
          )
          ch = hashing.hexdigest()
          while len(ch) < padding_size:
              ch.insert(0, "0")
          hex_string.append(ch)
      return hex_string
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: to_hex_string(ids, salt, padding_size) and returns: hex_string