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src/utils/utils.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
+)
+
+const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+const (
+	letterIdxBits = 6                    // 6 bits to represent a letter index
+	letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits
+	letterIdxMax  = 63 / letterIdxBits   // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits
+)
+
+var src = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
+
+// CheckPasswordHash checks a password hash
+func CheckPasswordHash(password, hash string) bool {
+	err := bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(password))
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+// HashPassword hashes a password
+func HashPassword(password string) (string, error) {
+	bytes, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), 14)
+	return string(bytes), err
+}
+
+// RandString generates a random string. Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-go (RandStringBytesMaskImprSrcSB())
+func RandString(n int) string {
+	sb := strings.Builder{}
+	sb.Grow(n)
+	// A src.Int63() generates 63 random bits, enough for letterIdxMax characters!
+	for i, cache, remain := n-1, src.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; {
+		if remain == 0 {
+			cache, remain = src.Int63(), letterIdxMax
+		}
+		if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) {
+			sb.WriteByte(letterBytes[idx])
+			i--
+		}
+		cache >>= letterIdxBits
+		remain--
+	}
+
+	return sb.String()
+}