From 1eadfac7404d34bba2f2d928f99acdaf75c3f049 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuanyue Li <liyuanyue@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 16:03:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Change the way to generate hash.

---
 backend/entropy_search.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/entropy_search.py b/backend/entropy_search.py
index 55938f7..1567edb 100644
--- a/backend/entropy_search.py
+++ b/backend/entropy_search.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 import base64
 import pickle
+import hashlib
+
 from ms_entropy import FlashEntropySearch, read_one_spectrum, standardize_spectrum
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import copy
@@ -307,10 +309,10 @@ def load_spectral_library(self, file_library) -> None:
 
     def _build_spectral_library(self, file_library):
         # Calculate hash of file_library
-        index_hash = base64.b64encode(json.dumps({
+        index_hash = hashlib.md5(json.dumps({
             "ms2_tolerance_in_da": self.ms2_tolerance_in_da,
             "version": "1.1.0"
-        }).encode()).decode()[:6]
+        }).encode()).hexdigest()[:6]
 
         # Check if the library is already indexed
         if file_library.suffix == ".esi":