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import ParameterTypes from "@site/src/components/ParameterTypes"
# AuthService
Can authenticate a user based on email password combination
## Constructors
### constructor
**new AuthService**(`«destructured»`)
#### Parameters
## Properties
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## Accessors
### activeManager\_
`Protected` `get` **activeManager_**(): `EntityManager`
#### Returns
`EntityManager`
## Methods
### atomicPhase\_
`Protected` **atomicPhase_**<`TResult`, `TError`\>(`work`, `isolationOrErrorHandler?`, `maybeErrorHandlerOrDontFail?`): `Promise`<`TResult`\>
Wraps some work within a transactional block. If the service already has
a transaction manager attached this will be reused, otherwise a new
transaction manager is created.
#### Parameters
`Promise`<`TResult`\\>",
"description": "the transactional work to be done",
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"description": "the isolation level to be used for the work.",
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#### Returns
`Promise`<`TResult`\>
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### authenticate
**authenticate**(`email`, `password`): `Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
Authenticates a given user based on an email, password combination. Uses
scrypt to match password with hashed value.
#### Parameters
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
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"description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n user: the user document if authentication succeeded\n error: a string with the error message",
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### authenticateAPIToken
**authenticateAPIToken**(`token`): `Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
Authenticates a given user with an API token
#### Parameters
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
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"description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n user: the user document if authentication succeeded\n error: a string with the error message",
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### authenticateCustomer
**authenticateCustomer**(`email`, `password`): `Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
Authenticates a customer based on an email, password combination. Uses
scrypt to match password with hashed value.
#### Parameters
#### Returns
`Promise`<[`AuthenticateResult`](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)\>
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"description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n customer: the customer document if authentication succeded\n error: a string with the error message",
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### comparePassword\_
`Protected` **comparePassword_**(`password`, `hash`): `Promise`<`boolean`\>
Verifies if a password is valid given the provided password hash
#### Parameters
#### Returns
`Promise`<`boolean`\>
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"description": "the result of the comparison",
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### shouldRetryTransaction\_
`Protected` **shouldRetryTransaction_**(`err`): `boolean`
#### Parameters
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#### Returns
`boolean`
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### withTransaction
**withTransaction**(`transactionManager?`): [`AuthService`](AuthService.mdx)
#### Parameters
#### Returns
[`AuthService`](AuthService.mdx)