BCrypt Password Hashing in Golang

Install Libraries

$ go get -u golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt

Run Application

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
)

func main() {

	password := "nilpointer"

	bytes, _ := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), 14)
	hash := string(bytes)
	fmt.Println("hash: ", hash)

	password2 := "nilpointer"
	if bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(password2)) == nil {
		fmt.Println("password and password 2 match")
	} else {
		fmt.Println("password and password 2 do not match")
	}

}

Output

hash: $2a$14$ImTW84puxXsIoCa3Vx6o5uo8FBCAMvrAvw/z/WR7EvbiQu9XQo6Te
password and password 2 match