Generate encrypted password and verify it with Node.js standard library

nodejs-hashing-password.ts

# see: https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoscryptpassword-salt-keylen-options-callback

import { scrypt as _scrypt } from "node:crypto";
import { promisify } from "node:util";

const scrypt = promisify(_scrypt);

// e.g.) crypto.ramdomUUID().replace(/-/g, "")
const SALT = "random chars at least 16 bytes";

export async function encryptPassword(password: string): Promise<string> {
  const derivedKey = await scrypt(password, SALT, 64);
  // @ts-ignore
  return derivedKey.toString("hex");
}

export async function verifyPassword(
  password: string,
  encryptedPassword: string,
): Promise<boolean> {
  const derivedKey = await encryptPassword(password);
  return derivedKey === encryptedPassword;
}