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