Hashing using SHA256/Salt in Python

hashSHASalt.py

import uuid
import hashlib

def hashText(text):
    """
        Basic hashing function for a text using random unique salt.  
    """
    salt = uuid.uuid4().hex
    return hashlib.sha256(salt.encode() + text.encode()).hexdigest() + ':' + salt
    
def matchHashedText(hashedText, providedText):
    """
        Check for the text in the hashed text
    """
    _hashedText, salt = hashedText.split(':')
    return _hashedText == hashlib.sha256(salt.encode() + providedText.encode()).hexdigest()