1package http
2
3import (
4 "crypto/md5"
5 "encoding/base64"
6 "fmt"
7 "io"
8)
9
10// computeMD5Checksum computes base64 md5 checksum of an io.Reader's contents.
11// Returns the byte slice of md5 checksum and an error.
12func computeMD5Checksum(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
13 h := md5.New()
14 // copy errors may be assumed to be from the body.
15 _, err := io.Copy(h, r)
16 if err != nil {
17 return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read body: %w", err)
18 }
19
20 // encode the md5 checksum in base64.
21 sum := h.Sum(nil)
22 sum64 := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(sum)))
23 base64.StdEncoding.Encode(sum64, sum)
24 return sum64, nil
25}