HackFlowy/models/User.js

//(not being used yet)

var crypto = require('crypto')
var db = require('../lib/db');
var UserSchema = new db.Schema({
    username : {type: String, unique: true}
  , password : String
})
var MyUser = db.mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
// Exports
module.exports.addUser = addUser;
// Add user to database
function addUser(username, password, callback) {
  var instance = new MyUser();
  instance.username = username;
  instance.password = encryptPassword(password);
  instance.save(function (err) { 
    if (err) {
      callback(err);
}
  else {
      callback(null, instance);
    }
  }); 
}

function encryptPassword(plainText) {
  return crypto.createHash('md5').update(plainText).digest('hex');
}