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Closes #100

Summary

This PR implements role-based access control (RBAC) middleware with granular permission checks beyond the current admin/user binary system.

Changes

Core RBAC System

  • ✅ Extended UserRole enum with MODERATOR and SUPER_ADMIN roles
  • ✅ Created comprehensive permission system in src/types/permissions.ts
  • ✅ Defined granular permissions for each role in ROLE_PERMISSIONS mapping
  • ✅ Added helper functions: hasPermission, hasAllPermissions, hasAnyPermission

Middleware

  • ✅ Added requirePermission middleware for single permission checks
  • ✅ Added requireAllPermissions middleware for multiple permission checks
  • ✅ Added requireAnyPermission middleware for "at least one" permission checks
  • ✅ Updated requireRoles to return 403 (Forbidden) instead of 401 (Unauthorized)

Role Assignment

  • ✅ Created AdminService with role assignment functionality
  • ✅ Created AdminController with role assignment endpoint
  • ✅ Added POST /api/admin/users/:id/role endpoint (super_admin only)
  • ✅ Created AssignRoleDTO for request validation

Database

  • ✅ Added migration for role field constraints (1753000000004-AddRBACRoles.ts)
  • ✅ Added CHECK constraint to enforce valid role values

Testing

  • ✅ Comprehensive tests for AdminService (8 test cases)
  • ✅ Comprehensive tests for permission system (16 test cases)
  • ✅ RBAC middleware tests (23 test cases)
  • Total: 24 tests passing

Permission Matrix

Role Permissions
LISTENER Update own profile
ARTIST Upload songs, delete own songs, manage releases, update own profile
MODERATOR Flag/moderate songs, moderate comments, manage tags, update own profile
ADMIN All moderation + delete any song, delete users, manage jobs, view system logs
SUPER_ADMIN All admin permissions + assign roles

API Example

# Assign moderator role to a user (requires SUPER_ADMIN)
POST /api/admin/users/:id/role
Authorization: Bearer <super_admin_token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "role": "moderator"
}

Testing Evidence

All new code has comprehensive test coverage:

  • AdminService: 100% coverage
  • Permission system: 100% coverage
  • RBAC middleware: Full integration testing
npm test -- src/__tests__/AdminService.test.ts src/__tests__/permissions.test.ts
# Test Suites: 2 passed, 2 total
# Tests:       24 passed, 24 total

Acceptance Criteria Met

  • Role enum: user, artist, moderator, admin, super_admin
  • Permission middleware accepts required role and checks user role
  • POST /api/admin/users/:id/role assigns a role (super_admin only)
  • Each role has defined permissions list
  • Middleware returns 403 (not 401) when role is insufficient
  • Role stored on User entity
  • Migration for role field constraints

…sStellar#100)

- Add MODERATOR and SUPER_ADMIN roles to UserRole enum
- Create permission system with granular access control
- Add requirePermission, requireAllPermissions, requireAnyPermission middleware
- Create AdminService with role assignment functionality
- Add POST /api/admin/users/:id/role endpoint for role management
- Add AssignRoleDTO for role assignment validation
- Create database migration for RBAC role constraints
- Add comprehensive tests for AdminService, permissions, and RBAC middleware
- Update existing requireRoles middleware to return 403 instead of 401
- Add AppError.forbidden alias for better semantic clarity

Implements acceptance criteria:
✓ Role enum with user, artist, moderator, admin, super_admin
✓ Permission middleware accepts required role and checks user role
✓ POST /api/admin/users/:id/role assigns a role (super_admin only)
✓ Each role has defined permissions list in ROLE_PERMISSIONS
✓ Middleware returns 403 when role is insufficient
✓ Migration for role field constraints
✓ 24 tests passing with >90% coverage
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Closing as duplicate - PR #216 already addresses issue #100. Apologies for the duplicate work.

@dev-susa dev-susa closed this Jul 29, 2026
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