Checkmate/Server/models/user.js

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const bcrypt = require("bcrypt");

const UserSchema = mongoose.Schema({
  firstname: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  lastname: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  email: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
    unique: true,
  },
  password: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  profilePicUrl: {
    type: String,
  },
  isActive: {
    type: Boolean,
    default: true,
  },
  isVerified: {
    type: Boolean,
    default: false,
  },
  updated_at: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now,
  },
  created_at: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now,
  },
});

UserSchema.pre("save", async function (next) {
  if (!this.isModified("password")) {
    next();
  }
  const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10); //genSalt is asynchronous, need to wait
  this.password = await bcrypt.hash(this.password, salt); // hash is also async, need to eitehr await or use hashSync
  next();
});

UserSchema.methods.comparePassword = function (submittedPassword) {
  console.log(submittedPassword, this.password);
  return bcrypt.compare(submittedPassword, this.password);
};

module.exports = mongoose.model("User", UserSchema);