Validating password / confirm password with Mongoose schema

Question

I have a userSchema that looks like this:

var userSchema = new Schema({
    name: {
      type: String
    , required: true
    , validate: [val         


        

Answer 1

You can attach custom methods to your model instances by adding new function attributes to Schema.methods (you can also create Schema functions using Schema.statics.) Here's an example that validates a user's password:

userSchema.methods.checkPassword = function(password) {
    return (hash(password) === this.password);
};

// You could then check if a user's password is valid like so:
UserModel.findOne({ email: 'email@gmail.com' }, function(err, user) {
    if (user.checkPassword('secretPassword')) {
        // ... user is legit
    }
});