User.js

/**
* User.js
*
* @description :: TODO: You might write a short summary of how this model works and what it represents here.
* @docs        :: http://sailsjs.org/#!documentation/models
*/
"use strict";

var bcrypt = require('bcrypt');

function hashPassword(attrs, next) {
  bcrypt.genSalt(10, function(err, salt) {
    if (err) return next(err);

    bcrypt.hash(attrs.password, salt, function(err, hash) {
      if (err) return next(err);

      attrs.encryptedPassword = hash;
      next();
    });
  });
}

User = {
  schema: true,

  attributes: {
    firstName: { type: 'string', required: true },
    lastName: { type: 'string', required: true },
    email: { type: 'string', unique: true, required: true },
    encryptedPassword: { type: 'string', required: true },
    role: { type: 'integer', required: 'true' }
  },

  /**
   * Before create callback.
   *
   * @param   {sails.model.user}  values
   * @param   {Function}          next
   */
  beforeCreate: function(values, next) {
    hashPassword(values, next);
  },
};

module.exports = User;

UserController.js

/**
 * UserController
 *
 * @description :: Server-side logic for managing users
 * @help        :: See http://links.sailsjs.org/docs/controllers
 */

module.exports = {

  'new': function (req, res) {
    res.view('user/new');
  },

  create: function (req, res, next) {
    var userParams = {
      firstName: req.param('firstName'),
      lastName: req.param('lastName'),
      email: req.param('email'),
      password: req.param('password'),
      passwordConfirmation: req.param('passwordConfirmation'),
      role: 0
    }

    User.create(userParams, function(err, user) {
      // ...
    });
  }

};