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Prerequisites:

Complete the task given here of setting up the mentorship-backend repository locally.

Outline of the task:

• On POST/register, add a functionality for password confirmation
• Add a new input field for entering 'Confirm Password'
• Check if 'Password' and 'Confirm Password' are the same
• If YES, perform SUCCESSFUL registration
• If NO, return a new exception

Steps:

1. Make the following changes locally (steps 2-4).
2. In the register_user_api_model, add a new field for 'Confirm Password'. Models are available under this folder.
3. In the 'messages.py', add a new ERROR message with key as 'PASSWORD_CONFIRMATION_MISMATCH' and value as ' The 2 password fields do not match. '
4. In the Data Access Object(DAO) layer for User functionalities, add a condition to match the passwords under the 'create_user' function to create the User, otherwise, throw the ERROR message made above. DAOs are available under this folder
5. Commit your changes using our Commit message Style Guide.
6. Submit a Pull Request, against gci-dev branch, using the template against the listed issue.
7. Submit a swagger screenshot of successful registration [#Screenshot 1] and a screenshot of unsuccessful registration because of passwords not being matched [#Screenshot 2].

Work Submission:

Submit a link to Pull Request (PR) created with the changes as listed in the GitHub issue, and the 2 screenshots

Resources:

• If you need help or get lost, post a response to our Participant Questions in our #gci stream.