password-hashing

A simple package to hash passwords and verify if the password and the hash match

Installation

yarn add password-hashing

## Usage

import { validatePassword, hashPassword } from "password-hashing"

const { hash, salt } = hashPassword("YOUR PASSWORD")

const isValid = validatePassword("YOUR PASSWORD", salt, hash) // Is the password valid?

Functions

Typedefs

validatePassword(inputPassword, salt, storedHash) ⇒ boolean

Given an input password a salt and an hash Does the given password match with the hash?

Kind: global function
Returns: boolean - does hash(inputPassword + salt) === storedHash?

| Param | Type | | --- | --- | | inputPassword | string | | salt | string | | storedHash | string |

hashPassword(password) ⇒ HashAndSalt

Given a Password, hash it with a salt, then return the hash and the salt

Kind: global function
Returns: HashAndSalt - object containing the hash and the salt used

| Param | Type | | --- | --- | | password | string |

HashAndSalt : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

| Name | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | hash | string | The hash we got | | salt | string | The salt used to hash |