I am trying to have a user log in by their email and password. MongoDb docs shows hashing the password with bcrypt in the user model. It also provides a nice way to validate the password in the model as well. My problem is how to I use that validation from the "controller"? I am very aware "if (req.body.password === user.password)" will not work because one is hashed and the other is not.
I have been searching for answers for hours and can't seem to find that connection on how I use that "UserSchema.methods.comparePassword" method in my post request to log in. This isn't completely a real log in, just trying to get the password to validate and send back a key once logged in. Here are the docs: https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/password-authentication-with-mongoose-part-1
// This is my UserModel
let mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema,
bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
SALT_WORK_FACTOR = 10
var hat = require('hat');
let UserSchema = new Schema({
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
index: {
unique: true
}
},
password: {
type: String,
require: true
},
api_key: {
type: String
}
});
UserSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
var user = this;
// only hash the password if it has been modified (or is new)
if (!user.isModified('password')) return next();
// generate a salt
bcrypt.genSalt(SALT_WORK_FACTOR, function(err, salt) {
if (err) return next(err);
// hash the password using our new salt
bcrypt.hash(user.password, salt, function(err, hash) {
if (err) return next(err);
// override the cleartext password with the hashed one
user.password = hash;
user.api_key = hat();
next();
});
});
});
UserSchema.methods.comparePassword = function(candidatePassword, cb) {
bcrypt.compare(candidatePassword, this.password, function(err, isMatch) {
if (err) return cb(err);
cb(null, isMatch);
});
};
module.exports = mongoose.model('user', UserSchema);
// This is the sessions.js
let UserModel = require('../../../models/user.model');
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
router.post('/', (req, res, next) => {
UserModel.findOne(
{
$or: [
{ email : req.body.email }
]
}
)
.then(user => {
if (req.body.password === user.password) {
res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
res.status(200).send(JSON.stringify({
"api_key": `${user.api_key}`
}));
} else {
res.status(404).send("Incorrect email or password")
}
})
.catch(error => {
res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
res.status(500).send({error})
})
})
module.exports = router
If I just find user by email, everything works fine. Just need to figure out how to use the compare password method in the user model. Thanks!
Maybe have something like this in your model:
User = require('./user-model');
.......
User.findOne({ username: 'jmar777' }, function(err, user) {
if (err) throw err;
user.comparePassword('Password123', function(err, isMatch) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log('Password123:', isMatch); // -> Password123: true
});
........
Other resources:
http://devsmash.com/blog/password-authentication-with-mongoose-and-bcrypt
https://www.abeautifulsite.net/hashing-passwords-with-nodejs-and-bcrypt
Hope it helps!