Hashes a password.

require "crypto/bcrypt/password"

password = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.create("super secret", cost: 10)
# => $2a$10$rI4xRiuAN2fyiKwynO6PPuorfuoM4L2PVv6hlnVJEmNLjqcibAfHq

Loads a bcrypt hash.

require "crypto/bcrypt/password"

password = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.new("$2a$10$X6rw/jDiLBuzHV./JjBNXe8/Po4wTL0fhdDNdAdjcKN/Fup8tGCya")
password.version # => "2a"
password.salt    # => "X6rw/jDiLBuzHV./JjBNXe"
password.digest  # => "8/Po4wTL0fhdDNdAdjcKN/Fup8tGCya"

Appends a String representation of this object which includes its class name, its object address and the values of all instance variables.

class Person
  def initialize(@name : String, @age : Int32)
  end
end

Person.new("John", 32).inspect # => #<Person:0x10fd31f20 @name="John", @age=32>

Returns the bcrypt hash, suitable for storage and use in Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.new.

require "crypto/bcrypt/password"

password = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.create("super secret")
password.to_s # => "$2a$11$zs8yeubYXMGGJmWyIYdFtO9aOrx44g5rarvixyBfl1klr3dZPG8Ma"

Verifies a password against the hash.

require "crypto/bcrypt/password"

password = Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.create("super secret")
password.verify("wrong secret") # => false
password.verify("super secret") # => true