password-hash-with-salt

NodeJS library for hash the passwords with salt

Installation

npm i password-hash-with-salt

Usage

Generate salt and hash from password

const phws = require('password-hash-with-salt');

let password = '123456'; // password from user input
let result = await phws.generate(password);

console.log(result.salt); // store the salt to database
consle.log(result.hash); // store the hash as password in database

Verify a password

const phws = require('password-hash-with-salt');

let password = '123456'; // password from user input
let salt = 'read salt from database';
let hash = 'read hash from database';

let result = await phws.verify(password, hash, salt); // returns true or false
if (result) {
    // password is correct
} else {
    // password is incorrect
}

Modes

The default mode is fast. You can change the mode by passing the mode as a last parameter to the generate and verify functions.

| Mode | Description | | ---- | ----------- | | secure | 10000 iterations | | fast | 1000 iterations | | fastest | 100 iterations |

Tests

npm test