diff --git a/src/main/java/io/carbone/CarboneServices.java b/src/main/java/io/carbone/CarboneServices.java
index 30828b6..b4bdc2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/carbone/CarboneServices.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/carbone/CarboneServices.java
@@ -53,6 +53,27 @@ public boolean checkPathIsAbsolute(String path) {
         return p.isAbsolute();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String generateTemplateId(byte[] fileBytes) {
+        MessageDigest digest;
+        try {
+            digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        digest.update(fileBytes);
+        byte[] hashByte = digest.digest();
+        StringBuilder hexString = new StringBuilder();
+        for (byte b : hashByte) {
+            String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xff & b);
+            if (hex.length() == 1) hexString.append(0);
+            hexString.append(hex);
+        }
+        return hexString.toString();
+    }
+
     public String generateTemplateId(String path) {
         try {
             File file = new File(path);
@@ -64,23 +85,7 @@ public String generateTemplateId(String path) {
                 return null;
             }
             
-            MessageDigest digest;
-            try {
-                digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
-            } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-                return null;
-            }
-            
-            digest.update(fileBytes);
-            byte[] hashByte = digest.digest();
-            StringBuilder hexString = new StringBuilder();
-            for (byte b : hashByte) {
-                String hex = Integer.toHexString(0xff & b);
-                if (hex.length() == 1) hexString.append(0);
-                hexString.append(hex);
-            }
-            return hexString.toString();
+            return generateTemplateId(fileBytes);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/carbone/ICarboneServices.java b/src/main/java/io/carbone/ICarboneServices.java
index 91fd522..f1d79af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/carbone/ICarboneServices.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/carbone/ICarboneServices.java
@@ -77,5 +77,12 @@ public interface ICarboneServices {
      * @return give a precalculates templateId
      */
     String generateTemplateId(String path);
+
+    /**
+     * precalculates the template id
+     * @param fileBytes byte content of the template file
+     * @return give a precalculates templateId
+     */
+    String generateTemplateId(byte[] fileBytes);
     
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/carbone/CarboneTest.java b/src/test/java/io/carbone/CarboneTest.java
index ee81644..fa6287d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/carbone/CarboneTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/carbone/CarboneTest.java
@@ -483,4 +483,16 @@ public void Test_Carbon_Service_Fectory_With_No_Argument() throws CarboneExcepti
         String status = carboneService.getStatus();
         assertEquals(status.contains("\"success\":true,\"code\":200"), true);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void Test_Generate_Template_Id_From_Byte_Array() throws CarboneException, IOException
+    {
+        String filename = "/src/test/java/io/carbone/template3.odt";
+        Path filePath = Paths.get(directory, filename);
+        byte[] fileBytes = Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
+
+        String templateId = carboneServices.generateTemplateId(fileBytes);
+
+        assertEquals(templateId, "fb9241ea2218ffd8f974110e539386384620244618c2efbf182b7bd47242987a");
+    }
 }