public IHttpActionResult PutUserAccounts(ChangePasswordDTO passwordInput) // CHANGE PASSWORD { TextResult httpResponse = new TextResult("Failed to change password!", msg); // Http response string salt; string hashedOldPassword = null; string hashedNewPassword; string hashedPasswordFromDb = null; if (!ModelState.IsValid) { return(BadRequest(ModelState)); } UserAccountsManager umgr = new UserAccountsManager(); bool passwordIsNotOk = umgr.CheckIfPasswordIsOk(passwordInput.NewPassword); // Check if password is valid if (passwordIsNotOk.Equals(true)) { httpResponse.ChangeHTTPMessage("Password must contain atleast six characters, one digit and one uppercase!", msg); // If password is not ok, HTTP response return(httpResponse); } try { salt = umgr.GetUserSalt(passwordInput.AccountName); // Gets salt from DB hashedOldPassword = umgr.HashPassword(salt, passwordInput.OldPassword); // Hashing old password with user salt hashedNewPassword = umgr.HashPassword(salt, passwordInput.NewPassword); // Hashing new password with user salt hashedPasswordFromDb = umgr.GetPassword(passwordInput.AccountName); // Gets old hashed password from DB } catch { return(httpResponse); // http response if above operations failed } if (hashedOldPassword.Equals(hashedPasswordFromDb)) // Compares new password vs old { UserAccounts updatedUser = new UserAccounts(); updatedUser.accountPassword = hashedNewPassword; // Adds new hashed password to user entity updatedUser.accountName = passwordInput.AccountName; // User entity account name bool entityIsUpdated = umgr.UpdateEntityInDb(updatedUser); // Updating entity in DB if (entityIsUpdated.Equals(true)) { httpResponse.ChangeHTTPMessage("Password changed!", msg); return(httpResponse); } return(httpResponse); } httpResponse.ChangeHTTPMessage("Password not correct!", msg); // if input password and password from DB do not match return(httpResponse); }