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Better Auth•9mo ago
sundaram krishnan

How to sign up as admin

How to add a admin, from the form in short That is my question Can't find anything on the docs Thanks in advance!
11 Replies
D3vision
D3vision•9mo ago
You should create a user as normal, by logging in, then in your db you can change the role from user to admin
D3vision
D3vision•9mo ago
It's outlined here: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins/admin#usage
Admin | Better Auth
Admin plugin for Better Auth
sundaram krishnan
sundaram krishnanOP•9mo ago
smthg like below is not possible ? @D3vision 
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "admin",
            },
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "admin",
            },
this doesn't work
D3vision
D3vision•9mo ago
I'm unsure but you can always give it a try For my own project I just changed the role in the database
sundaram krishnan
sundaram krishnanOP•9mo ago
i tried to do that can u pls share ur repo i can take it for reference
Kazz
Kazz•9mo ago
Add the role field to the database schema and to the additional fields in better-auth for your case auth.ts 
export const auth = betterAuth({
database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: 'pg' }),
user: {
        additionalFields: {
            role: { type: 'string', default: 'user' }
        },
    },
})
export const auth = betterAuth({
database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: 'pg' }),
user: {
        additionalFields: {
            role: { type: 'string', default: 'user' }
        },
    },
})
in auth client we add the inferAdditionalFields so that better-auth knows about the additional fields you added auth-client.ts 
import { auth } from './auth'
import { createAuthClient } from 'better-auth/react'
import { inferAdditionalFields } from 'better-auth/client/plugins'
export const authClient = createAuthClient({
    baseURL: env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL,
    plugins: [inferAdditionalFields<typeof auth>()],
})
import { auth } from './auth'
import { createAuthClient } from 'better-auth/react'
import { inferAdditionalFields } from 'better-auth/client/plugins'
export const authClient = createAuthClient({
    baseURL: env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL,
    plugins: [inferAdditionalFields<typeof auth>()],
})
this way you will be able to add role to the authClient.signUp and authClient.updateUser functions
sundaram krishnan
sundaram krishnanOP•9mo ago
Ohh I see Really thx for the help Afk right now, will try it out tmrw
Kazz
Kazz•9mo ago
Alright ^, tell me if it works for you when you implement it!
sundaram krishnan
sundaram krishnanOP•9mo ago
Sure, thx again the role is still not changing @Kazz in db it's default to user only 
export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: prismaAdapter(prisma, {
    provider: "mongodb",
  }),
  
  user: {
    additionalFields: {
      role: { type: "string", default: "user" },
    },
  },

  socialProviders: {
    google: {
      clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID as string,
      clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
    },
  },
  plugins: [openAPI(), admin()],
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
} satisfies BetterAuthOptions);
export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: prismaAdapter(prisma, {
    provider: "mongodb",
  }),
  
  user: {
    additionalFields: {
      role: { type: "string", default: "user" },
    },
  },

  socialProviders: {
    google: {
      clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID as string,
      clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
    },
  },
  plugins: [openAPI(), admin()],
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
} satisfies BetterAuthOptions);
my auth.ts file 
export const authClient = createAuthClient({
  baseURL: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL,
  plugins: [inferAdditionalFields<typeof auth>()],
});
export const authClient = createAuthClient({
  baseURL: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL,
  plugins: [inferAdditionalFields<typeof auth>()],
});
auth-client.ts 
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "student",
            },
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "student",
            },
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sundaram krishnan
sundaram krishnanOP•9mo ago
doesn't work @rizvan it doesn't get updated in the mongo db but i can see the role changes in prisma studio @Kazz 
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "student",
            },
await authClient.signUp.email(
            {
                email: values.email,
                password: values.password,
                name: values.name,
                role: "student",
            },
the role doesn't change, when i try to do smthg teacher, it doesn't update it works fine, i have added another attirbute called UserRole and it works fine thx a lot

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