Hashing with Bcrypt in Nodejs

Publishing tutorials on nodejs after a long time 😀😀 and additionally, quarantine made me productive to learn more about Nodejs core concepts and implementing server-side code.

Background:

Learning cryptography is tricky and requires more patience to master those areas. Additionally, If you want to learn more about Bcrypt Algorithm and implementation, check out the link here.

Hashing with Bcrypt in Nodejs

Simple Steps to implement Bcrypt in Nodejs

Installation:

1. npm install bcrypt --save 

Start installing the bcrypt package into your nodejs apps which helps to implement the hashing function.

Hashing Function ( Sync and Async ):

Hashing function with Salt Generation ( Sync )

const salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync(saltRounds);
const hash = bcrypt.hashSync(myPlaintextPassword, salt);

Hashing function with Salt Generation ( Async )

bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) {
    bcrypt.hash(plainText, salt, function(err, hash) {
        // Store hash in your password DB.
    });
});

Verify Function ( Sync and Async ):

Hash verification function ( Sync )

bcrypt.compareSync(myPlaintextPassword, hash); // true/false

Hash verification function ( Async )

bcrypt.compare(myPlaintextPassword, hash, function(err, result) {
    // result == true/false
});

Final note:

Bcrypt is safe as of now from timing attacks and other cryptographic reverse engineering or cryptanalysis. If you would like to check more about implementing using Async and Promises for Bcrypt Module, please check out the documentation of the bcrypt npm module.

Finally, for Hugs/Bugs do comment below. Share is care.