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role-based authorization

Hi, I'm implementing role-based access control in my admin panel and facing a challenge. I need to restrict access so only users with

user.metadata.role === "ADMIN"

user.metadata.role === "ADMIN"

can log in.

What's the recommended approach in Better Auth to:
- Validate a user's role/permissions BEFORE creating a session?
- Is there any equivalent to Next Auth's authorize callback that lets me check custom conditions during login?

Solution

thanks @Soheel i tried with

hooks

hooks

(not

databasehooks

databasehooks

), it worked

I added this to my

auth

auth

config

  hooks: {
    before: createAuthMiddleware(async (ctx) => {
      if (ctx.path !== "/sign-in/email") {
        return;
      }

      const email = ctx.body?.email;
      if (email) {
        const dbUser = await findUserByEmail(email);
        if (!dbUser || dbUser.metadata?.role !== "ADMIN") {
          throw new APIError("UNAUTHORIZED", {
            message: "Only administrators can access this application.",
          });
        }
      }
    }),
  }

  hooks: {
    before: createAuthMiddleware(async (ctx) => {
      if (ctx.path !== "/sign-in/email") {
        return;
      }

      const email = ctx.body?.email;
      if (email) {
        const dbUser = await findUserByEmail(email);
        if (!dbUser || dbUser.metadata?.role !== "ADMIN") {
          throw new APIError("UNAUTHORIZED", {
            message: "Only administrators can access this application.",
          });
        }
      }
    }),
  }

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role-based authorization

Hi, I'm implementing role-based access control in my admin panel and facing a challenge. I need to restrict access so only users with

user.metadata.role === "ADMIN"

user.metadata.role === "ADMIN"

Solution

thanks @Soheel i tried with

hooks

hooks

(not

databasehooks

databasehooks

), it worked

I added this to my

auth

auth

config

  hooks: {
    before: createAuthMiddleware(async (ctx) => {
      if (ctx.path !== "/sign-in/email") {
        return;
      }

      const email = ctx.body?.email;
      if (email) {
        const dbUser = await findUserByEmail(email);
        if (!dbUser || dbUser.metadata?.role !== "ADMIN") {
          throw new APIError("UNAUTHORIZED", {
            message: "Only administrators can access this application.",
          });
        }
      }
    }),
  }

  hooks: {
    before: createAuthMiddleware(async (ctx) => {
      if (ctx.path !== "/sign-in/email") {
        return;
      }

      const email = ctx.body?.email;
      if (email) {
        const dbUser = await findUserByEmail(email);
        if (!dbUser || dbUser.metadata?.role !== "ADMIN") {
          throw new APIError("UNAUTHORIZED", {
            message: "Only administrators can access this application.",
          });
        }
      }
    }),
  }

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