UserController.js

'use strict'

// add to the top of the file
const User = use('App/Models/User')
const { validate } = use('Validator')

var  Web3 = require("web3")

const mainnet = 'http://127.0.0.1:7545';

let web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(mainnet));

class UserController {

    web3Running () {
        web3.eth.personal.newAccount(password)
        .then(data => {
            console.log('Success: ' + data)
          })
    }

    async signup({request, response, auth}) {

        // validate form input
        const validation = await validate(request.all(), {
            email: 'required|email:unique:users',
            username: 'required|unique:users',
            password: 'required'
        })

        // show error messages upon validation fail
        if (validation.fails()) {
            return response.send(validation.messages())
        }

        const user = new User()
        user.email = request.input('email')
        user.username = request.input('username')
        user.password = request.input('password')

        // saving the user data
        await user.save()
        const address = await web3.eth.personal.newAccount(user.password, callback)

        console.log(address)

        // generate JWT token for user
        const token = await auth.generate(user)

        return response.json({
            message: 'Successfully',
            data: token
        })
    }

    async signin({request, response, auth}) {
        try {
            const parameter = request.only(['email', 'password'])

            if (!parameter) {
                return response.status(404).json({data: 'Resource not found'})
            }

            const token = await auth.attempt(parameter.email, parameter.password)
            return response.json({
                token: token
            })
        } catch(err) {
            return response.status(400).json({
                status: 'error',
                message: 'Problem occured while trying to sigin. Please try again.'
            })
        }
    }
}

module.exports = UserController