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firebase-scrypt
Advanced tools
NodeJs implementation of Firebase's Scrypt modified version
To install, run :
npm i firebase-scrypt
Go to Firebase to get your hash parameters. To access these parameters, navigate to the 'Users' tab of the 'Authentication' section in the Firebase Console and select 'Password Hash Parameters' from the drop down in the upper-right hand corner of the users table.
import { FirebaseScrypt } from 'firebase-script'
const firebaseParameter = {
memCost: 1, // replace by your
rounds: 1, // replace by your
saltSeparator: 'your-separator', // replace by your
signerKey: 'your-key', // replace by your
}
const scrypt = FirebaseScrypt.init(firebaseParameters)
[...]
const password = "test"
const salt = "salt"
scrypt.hash(password, salt)
.then(hash => console.log(hash))
[...]
const password = "test"
const salt = "salt"
const hash = "PrZI5nfqjOEk"
scrypt.verify(password, salt, hash)
.then(isValid => isValid ? console.log('Valid !') : console.log('Not valid !'))
To test, run :
npm run test
FAQs
Nodejs implementation of Firebase's Scrypt modified version.
The npm package firebase-scrypt receives a total of 3,355 weekly downloads. As such, firebase-scrypt popularity was classified as popular.
We found that firebase-scrypt demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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