blink/backend/apis/nodejs/api_controller.js

const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
const { Pool } = require('pg');
const crypto = require('crypto');

const pool = new Pool({
    user: 'postgres',
    host: 'localhost',
    database: 'Blink',
    password: 'postgres',
    port: 5432,
    max: 10, 
    idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
});

function register(req, res){
    const userData = req.body;
  
    // Ensure that the required fields are present before proceeding
    if (!userData.display_name || !userData.email || !userData.password) {
      return res.status(400).json("Invalid request");
    }
  
    // The callback denoted by the arrow function is executed
    // when hash() has finished its execution.
    bcrypt.hash(userData.password, 10, (err, hashedPassword) => {
      
      if (err) {
        console.error('Error hashing password:', err);
      }
  
      else {
  
        // Generate activation link token
        const activationLink = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
  
        // Acquire a connection from the pool
        pool.connect()
        .then((client) => {
          // SQL query with placeholders for parameters
          const insertQuery = `
          INSERT INTO "User" (display_name, date_of_birth, place_of_living, is_looking_for_job, email, password)
          VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
          RETURNING *`; // Return the inserted row
  
        return client.query(insertQuery, [
          userData.display_name,
          userData.date_of_birth,
          userData.place_of_living,
          userData.is_looking_for_job,
          userData.email,
          hashedPassword
        ])
        .then((result) => {
          // Respond with the inserted user data
          res.status(200).json(result.rows[0]);
        })
        .catch((error) => {
          console.error('Error inserting data:', error);
          res.status(500).json("Internal server error");
        })
        .finally(() => {
          // Release the connection back to the pool
          client.release();
        });
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        console.error('Error acquiring a connection from the pool:', error);
        res.status(500).json("Internal server error");
      });
      }
    });
}

async function register_async(req, res){
    const userData = req.body;
  
    // Ensure that the required fields are present before proceeding
    if (!userData.display_name || !userData.email || !userData.password) {
      return res.status(400).json("Invalid request");
    }

    // Generate activation link token
    const activationLink = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex');

    const hashPasswordPromise = bcrypt.hash(userData.password, 10);
    var client;
    try{
      client = await pool.connect();
      const insertQuery = `
        INSERT INTO "User" (display_name, date_of_birth, place_of_living, is_looking_for_job, email, password)
        VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
        RETURNING *`;
      const result = await client.query(insertQuery, [
        userData.display_name,
        userData.date_of_birth,
        userData.place_of_living,
        userData.is_looking_for_job,
        userData.email,
        await hashPasswordPromise
      ]);
      res.status(200).json(result.rows[0]);
    }
    catch (error){
      console.error('Error inserting data:', error);
      res.status(500).json("Internal server error");
    }
    finally {
      if (client) {
        client.release();
      }
    }
}

function login(req, res){

}

module.exports = {
    register_async,
    login
};