authentication

Documentation

Index

• func CheckPassword(hashedPw string, password string) bool
• func EncryptPassword(password string) (string, error)

Functions

func CheckPassword

func CheckPassword(hashedPw string, password string) bool

CheckPassword accepts a salt/hash and a plaintext password. If that password is a match to the given salt/hash, returns true. Otherwise, returns false.

func EncryptPassword

func EncryptPassword(password string) (string, error)

EncryptPassword generates a bcrypt salt/hash combination from the given password, then returns that salt/hash as a string. If an error occurs, the returned salt/hash is empty string "", and a non-nil error is returned.