Wasp•2w ago

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i have made dashboards for different kinds of users by just using the admin dashboard template. i sreated a vendor dashboard (if the user is a vendor) but the messages mutton on a vendor dashboard still links to admin/messages instead of the route vendor/messages thats in the main.wasp file. is there a way around this? or do i have to repalce the messages button with another component?

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kapa.ai•2w ago

Hi @Bruno Njeru. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- Based on the information provided in the knowledge sources, there isn't specific documentation about customizing dashboard routes for different user types like vendors. However, I can provide some general guidance based on how Wasp handles routing: 1. Wasp uses top-level routing defined in the main.wasp file. As mentioned in the Discord support thread (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1203313045661548604), Wasp offers only top-level routing. 2. For more complex routing scenarios, you can use React Router within your components. This allows you to implement nested routing or conditional routing based on user roles. 3. To solve your specific issue, you have a couple of options: a. Replace the messages button with a custom component that uses the correct route for vendors.
b. Implement a conditional routing logic within your dashboard component that checks the user role (vendor or admin) and directs to the appropriate route. Here's a rough example of how you might implement option b using React Router:

import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';

const DashboardMessagesButton = ({ userRole }) => {
  const messagesRoute = userRole === 'vendor' ? '/vendor/messages' : '/admin/messages';
  
  return (
    <Link to={messagesRoute}>Messages</Link>
  );
};

import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';

const DashboardMessagesButton = ({ userRole }) => {
  const messagesRoute = userRole === 'vendor' ? '/vendor/messages' : '/admin/messages';
  
  return (
    <Link to={messagesRoute}>Messages</Link>
  );
};

Remember to import and use the routes object from Wasp for type-safe routing, as mentioned in the Type-Safe Links documentation (https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/advanced/links):

import { routes } from 'wasp/client/router';

// ... 

const vendorMessagesLink = routes.VendorMessagesRoute.build();

import { routes } from 'wasp/client/router';

// ... 

const vendorMessagesLink = routes.VendorMessagesRoute.build();

To implement role-based access control, you'll need to add a role field to your User entity and check it in your components or actions, as suggested in this Discord answer (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1211733266235916358). Keep in mind that Wasp doesn't currently have built-in support for role-based routing, so you'll need to implement this logic yourself within your React components. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ---------------------- Sorry @Bruno Njeru, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist: Perhaps try again in 15mins?

martinsos•2w ago

Code for that button is avaliable to you, so you can just change it!

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