# login that worked but fails now with error : Salt must be exactly 16 octets long at lib/PearlBee/Password.pm line 24.
# this is inside Authentification.pm
sub generate_hash {
	return -1 if @_ < 1 || @_ > 2;

	my $password = shift;
	my $salt = decode_base64(shift);
	my $hashref = {};
	$salt = rand_bits(128) unless $salt;

	my $bcrypt = Digest->new('Bcrypt');
	$bcrypt->cost(12);
	$bcrypt->salt($salt);
	$bcrypt->add($password);

	$hashref->{hash} = $bcrypt->hexdigest;
	$hashref->{salt} = encode_base64($salt);

	return $hashref;
}

# in the route for the above validation :
 my $password_hash = generate_hash($password, $user->{salt}) if $user;
  warn $password_hash->{hash};
  #warn $user->validate($password->{});


  if ( $user && $user->password eq $password_hash->{hash}  ) {

    my $user_obj->{is_admin} = $user->is_admin;
    $user_obj->{role}        = $user->role;
    $user_obj->{id}          = $user->id;
    $user_obj->{username}    = $user->username;

    session user    => $user_obj;
    session user_id => $user->id;

    redirect('/dashboard');
  }
  else {
    template 'login', { warning => "Login failed for the provided username/password pair." }, { layout => 'admin' };
  }
};

# new sub which fails
# this is inside User.pm
sub validate {
  my ($self, $password) = @_;

  my $hashed = crypt( $password, $self->password );

  return $self->password eq $hashed;
  }

  #inside the route
  post '/login' => sub {
  my $password = params->{password};
  my $username = params->{username};

  my $user = resultset("User")->search({
      username => $username,
      -or => [
      	status => 'activated',
      	status => 'deactivated'
      ]
    })->first;

  if ( $user and $user->validate($password) ) {

    my $user_obj->{is_admin} = $user->is_admin;
    $user_obj->{role}        = $user->role;
    $user_obj->{id}          = $user->id;
    $user_obj->{username}    = $user->username;

    session user    => $user_obj;
    session user_id => $user->id;

    redirect('/dashboard');
  }
  else {
    template 'login', { warning => "Login failed for the provided username/password pair." }, { layout => 'admin' };
  }
};
}