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Carlos Lantigua
5,938 PointsInstalling Local Packages nmp basics
per the readme recommended code I used
var unsecurePlainTextPassword = "password";
var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'); //added this after Andrews video, does the same without it
bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) {
bcrypt.hash(unsecurePlainTextPassword, salt, function(err, hash) {
console.log(hash);
});
});
I get the following error in the command line
```Command line Treehouse_JavaScript_Basics\npm\app.js:3 bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) { ^
ReferenceError: saltRounds is not defined at Object.<anonymous> (F:\programingProjects\Treehouse_JavaScript_Basics\npm\app.js:3:16) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:654:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:665:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:566:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:498:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:695:10) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:201:19) at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:516:3)
I notice the command line this is hard to read but the up arrow in the command line is pointing at the word "saltRounds" in the second line of the command line.
2 Answers
Heidi Puk Hermann
33,366 Pointsinstead of nalrrounds you need to give it an integer. I the lecture he uses 10; If you do the same, it should work!
Heidi Puk Hermann
33,366 PointsI comes from the way the gensalt()-function is defined. It takes an integer defining how many times the password is getting hashed. If saltRounds had been defined as some integer value earlier in the code, there would not have been any error.
You can read more about it in the documentation.
Michael Williams
Courses Plus Student 8,059 PointsMichael Williams
Courses Plus Student 8,059 PointsHeidi Puk Hermann Why does putting 10 in there work? I know it's defining the parameter, but what's the significance of it?