Bcrypt error: illegal arguments String unidentified

Question

here is my complete code

var express = require(\'express\'),
    app = express(),
    mongoose = require(\'mongoose\'),
    bodyParser = require(\'body-parse         


        

Answer 1

Your code is wrong in this place. You may see it.

var validPassword = user.comparePassword(req.body.password);

If you use bcryptjs thrid party plugins, like that

let validPassword = bcrypt.compare(req.body.password, user.password);

bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword);