gistfile1.js

	this.loginUser = function(user, callback) {
		//plans for changing this to promises once i do error reporting
		// var q = Q.defer();
		// if() {
		// 	q.resolve(num+1);
		// } else {
		// 	q.reject("error message");
		// }

		// return q.promise;
		var defer  = q.defer(),
			userid = user.userid,
			password = (user.password) ? 
				crypto.createHash("md5").update(user.password).digest("hex"):
				undefined,
			rememberme = user.rememberme;

		if(userid && password) {
			db.users.find({ email: userid, password: password }, function(err, user) {
				if(err) {
				 	defer.reject(err);
				}

				// db.users.findAndModify({
				//     query: { email: userid, password: password },
				//     update: { $set: { logincode: logincode } },
				//     new: true
				// }, function(err, user) {
				// 	if(err) defer.reject(err);
				// 	defer.promise(user);
				// });
				if(user) {
					var logincode = uuid.v4(),
					    token     = jwt.encode({email: userid, password: password}, secret);

					if(rememberme) {
						res.cookie("clogincode", logincode, { magAge: 900000 } );
					}
					defer.resolve(user);
				} else {
					defer.reject("User not found");
				}
			});
		} else {
			defer.reject("Username or Password was not entered");
		}

		return defer.promise;
	};