objective c - Trying to Write NSString sha1 function, but it's returning null

Question

I have the following Objective-C function:

+(NSString *)stringToSha1:(NSString *)str{
    NSMutableData *dataToHash = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
    [dataToHash appendData:[str dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

    unsigned char hashBytes[CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
    CC_SHA1([dataToHash bytes], [dataToHash length], hashBytes);
    NSData *encodedData = [NSData dataWithBytes:hashBytes length:CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
    [dataToHash release];
    NSString *encodedStr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[encodedData bytes]];
    //NSString *encodedStr = [[NSString alloc]  initWithBytes:[encodedData bytes]
    //                                            length:[encodedData length] encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"String is %@", encodedStr);

    return encodedStr;

}

What I'm trying to do is take an NSString and SHA1 encode it. That part seems to be working, I think where I am falling over is in how to convert the NSData object back to a legible string. If I use UTF8 encoding I get blank, if I say ASCII I get weird characters. What I really want is the hex string, but I have no idea how to get it. This is using the iPhone 3.0 SDK.

At the moment any String I pass in comes back out NULL.

Answer 1

My version of SHA1 function (simplier):

- (NSString *)sha1:(NSString *)str {
const char *cStr = [str UTF8String];
unsigned char result[CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
CC_SHA1(cStr, strlen(cStr), result);
NSString *s = [NSString  stringWithFormat:
               @"%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
               result[0], result[1], result[2], result[3], result[4],
               result[5], result[6], result[7],
               result[8], result[9], result[10], result[11], result[12],
               result[13], result[14], result[15],
               result[16], result[17], result[18], result[19]
               ];

    return s;
}

And MD5:

- (NSString *)md5:(NSString *)str {
const char *cStr = [str UTF8String];
unsigned char result[CC_MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH];
CC_MD5(cStr, strlen(cStr), result);
NSString *s = [NSString  stringWithFormat:
               @"%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
               result[0], result[1], result[2], result[3], result[4],
               result[5], result[6], result[7],
               result[8], result[9], result[10], result[11], result[12],
               result[13], result[14], result[15]
               ];

    return s;
}