public async Task <User> Authenticate(string username, string password)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(username) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(password))
            {
                return(null);
            }

            var user = await _users.Find(x => x.Username == username)
                       .FirstOrDefaultAsync();

            // return null if user not found
            if (user == null)
            {
                return(null);
            }

            // check if password is correct
            if (!SecurePasswordHash.Verify(password, user.Password))
            {
                return(null);
            }

            // authentication successful so generate jwt token
            var tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
            var key          = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_appSettings.Secret);

            var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor
            {
                Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[]
                {
                    new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Id)
                }),
                Expires            = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(7),
                SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(
                    new SymmetricSecurityKey(key),
                    SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256)
            };
            var token = tokenHandler.CreateToken(tokenDescriptor);

            user.Token    = tokenHandler.WriteToken(token);
            user.Password = null;

            return(user);
        }
        public async Task <User> Create(User user, string password)
        {
            // validation
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
            {
                throw new AppException("Password is required");
            }

            if (_users.Find(x => x.Username == user.Username).Any())
            {
                throw new AppException("Username \"" + user.Username + "\" is already taken");
            }

            string passwordHash = SecurePasswordHash.Hash(password);

            user.Password = passwordHash;

            await _users.InsertOneAsync(user);

            return(user);
        }