bcrypt.js
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const bcryptjs = require("bcryptjs");
const password = '123456'; // Lame, but nonetheless, demonstrating it works ;)
// First the salting..
// Generate the hash for the password
( async () => {
try {
const saltValue = await bcryptjs.genSaltSync(10);
const hashedValue = await bcryptjs.hashSync(password, saltValue);
console.log(hashedValue);
// Now compare, hypothetically, that the user enters the same password
let userEnteredPassword = '123456';
const correctOrNot = await bcryptjs.compareSync(userEnteredPassword, hashedValue);
console.log("Comparison yields the following boolean value: " + correctOrNot);
}
catch (error) {
console.log("Unable to perform the operation: " + error);
}
}
)();