How to use bcrypt module to save encrypted password in MongoDB using NestJS

Question

How can I save an encrypted password to MongoDB?

P.S. I'm a beginner developer and still learning how to use NestJS

Answer 1

If you are using TypeOrm there is a decorator name's @BeforeInsert()

@Entity("YourTable", { schema: "yourdb" })
export class YourTable {
   ...
   @BeforeInsert()
   async hashPassword() {
      this.password = await bcrypt.hash(this.password, Number(process.env.HASH_SALT));
   }
   ...
}