title: How to get MD5 sum of a string using python?
body: <p>In the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.howto.web.html" rel="noreferrer">Flickr API docs</a>, you need to find the MD5 sum of a string to generate the <code>[api_sig]</code> value.</p>
  
  <p>How does one go about generating an MD5 sum from a string? </p>
  
  <p>Flickr's example:</p>
  
  <p>string: <code>000005fab4534d05api_key9a0554259914a86fb9e7eb014e4e5d52permswrite</code></p>
  
  <p>MD5 sum: <code>a02506b31c1cd46c2e0b6380fb94eb3d</code></p>