---
title: ES|QL HASH function
description: 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/query-languages/esql/functions-operators/string-functions/hash
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# ES|QL HASH function
## Syntax

![Embedded](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/query-languages/esql/images/functions/hash.svg)


## Parameters

<definitions>
  <definition term="algorithm">
    Hash algorithm to use.
  </definition>
  <definition term="input">
    Input to hash.
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Description

Computes the hash of the input using various algorithms such as MD5, SHA, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512.

## Supported types


| algorithm | input   | result  |
|-----------|---------|---------|
| keyword   | keyword | keyword |
| keyword   | text    | keyword |
| text      | keyword | keyword |
| text      | text    | keyword |


## Example

```esql
FROM sample_data
| WHERE message != "Connection error"
| EVAL md5 = hash("md5", message), sha256 = hash("sha256", message)
| KEEP message, md5, sha256
```


| message:keyword       | md5:keyword                      | sha256:keyword                                                   |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Connected to 10.1.0.1 | abd7d1ce2bb636842a29246b3512dcae | 6d8372129ad78770f7185554dd39864749a62690216460752d6c075fa38ad85c |
| Connected to 10.1.0.2 | 8f8f1cb60832d153f5b9ec6dc828b93f | b0db24720f15857091b3c99f4c4833586d0ea3229911b8777efb8d917cf27e9a |
| Connected to 10.1.0.3 | 912b6dc13503165a15de43304bb77c78 | 75b0480188db8acc4d5cc666a51227eb2bc5b989cd8ca912609f33e0846eff57 |
| Disconnected          | ef70e46fd3bbc21e3e1f0b6815e750c0 | 04dfac3671b494ad53fcd152f7a14511bfb35747278aad8ce254a0d6e4ba4718 |