nodejs hash password code example

Example 1: how to hash password in node js

npm i bcrypt

const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
async function hashIt(password){
  const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(6);
  const hashed = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
}
hashIt(password);
// compare the password user entered with hashed pass.
async function compareIt(password){
  const validPassword = await bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword);
}
compareIt(password);

Example 2: npm bcrypt

npm install bcrypt

Example 3: nodejs hashing

const crypto = require('crypto');

const secret = 'abcdefg';
const hash = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret)
                   .update('I love cupcakes')
                   .digest('hex');
console.log(hash);
// Prints:
//   c0fa1bc00531bd78ef38c628449c5102aeabd49b5dc3a2a516ea6ea959d6658e