utils.js

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var nconf = require('nconf');
var crypto = require('crypto');

module.exports.sendEmail = function(mailData) {
  var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP",{
    service: nconf.get('SMTP_SERVICE'),
    auth: {
      user: nconf.get('SMTP_USER'),
      pass: nconf.get('SMTP_PASS')
    }
  });
  smtpTransport.sendMail(mailData, function(error, response){
    if(error){
      console.log(error);
    }else{
      console.log("Message sent: " + response.message);
    }
    smtpTransport.close(); // shut down the connection pool, no more messages
  });
}

module.exports.encryptPassword = function(password, salt) {
  return crypto.createHmac('sha1', salt).update(password).digest('hex');
}

module.exports.makeSalt = function() {
  var len = 10;
  return crypto.randomBytes(Math.ceil(len / 2)).toString('hex').substring(0, len);
}