From 410c2e1cc5e063670ecee92bc506fa9d3f5a5a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam <67254223+RealFascinated@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add password helpers

---
 src/utils/helpers/passwordHelpers.js | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/helpers/passwordHelpers.js

diff --git a/src/utils/helpers/passwordHelpers.js b/src/utils/helpers/passwordHelpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49471fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/helpers/passwordHelpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import bcrypt from "bcrypt";
+
+/**
+ * Generates a random salt for a password
+ *
+ * @return The random salt
+ */
+export function generateSalt() {
+	return randomString(16);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates a random password
+ *
+ * @return The password
+ */
+export function generateRandomPassword() {
+	return randomString(8);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the password ready for use in the database
+ *
+ * @param {string} salt The salt
+ * @param {string} password The password that the user gave
+ * @return The hashed password
+ */
+export function hashPassword(salt, password) {
+	return bcrypt.hashSync(password, salt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the password is valid with the salt
+ *
+ * @param {string} salt The salt
+ * @param {string} password The password that the user gave
+ * @return If the password is valid or not
+ */
+export function isValidPassword(salt, password) {
+	return bcrypt.compareSync(password, salt);
+}