Handlebars Helper Function: md5

Converts a string to a 128-bit hexadecimal MD5 hash.

This helper is available in the Winter ’27 release of Marketing Cloud Next.

Parameter	Type	Description
STRING_TO_CONVERT	String	Required. The string to hash.
charset	String	The character set to use. Specify as a named parameter. Accepted values are UTF-8 and UTF-16. The default is UTF-8.

The function returns the 128-bit MD5 hash as a hexadecimal string.

This example hashes a string of text so that the plain-text value isn’t stored or transmitted directly.

The function returns this MD5 hash:

This example hashes the same string, but specifies UTF-16 encoding.

Because the character encoding changes the bytes that are hashed, the function returns a different hash:

MD5 is a one-way hash and isn’t suitable for securely storing passwords or other sensitive data.