verify_password

Return two booleans. The first is whether the raw password matches the three part encoded digest, and the second whether to regenerate the password.

def verify_password(
    password: string,
    encoded: string,
    preferred: string = "default"
) - > tuple

Return two booleans. The first is whether the raw password matches the three part encoded digest, and the second whether to regenerate the password.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
password	string	The raw, plain-text password string to be verified.
encoded	string	The hashed password string against which the raw password will be compared.
preferred	string = "default"	The identifier of the hashing algorithm that should be used for new or updated passwords.

Returns

Type	Description
tuple	A tuple containing two booleans: (is_correct, must_update). The first indicates if the password matches the digest; the second indicates if the password should be re-hashed using the preferred hasher or updated settings.