From 1542436e967676a6861986b86bdde04f971517a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Abadi <IsaacMGrynsztein@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:37:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Passwords now must be provided when registering a user

---
 backend/authentication/auth.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/authentication/auth.js b/backend/authentication/auth.js
index f16fbf1..9fdc7e7 100644
--- a/backend/authentication/auth.js
+++ b/backend/authentication/auth.js
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ exports.registerUser = function(req, res) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (plaintextPassword === "") {
+    res.sendStatus(400);
+    logger.error(`Registration failed for user ${userid}. A password must be provided.`);
+    return;
+  }
+
   bcrypt.hash(plaintextPassword, saltRounds)
     .then(function(hash) {
       let new_user = generateUserObject(userid, username, hash);